The satyagrahi general has to obey his inner voice, for over and above the situation outside he examines himself constantly and listens to the dictates of the inner self.

Disobedience, to be civil, implies discipline, thought, care, attention.

Why should men arrogate to themselves the right to regulate female purity?

I believe in the absolute oneness of God and, therefore, also of humanity. What though we have many bodies? We have but one soul. The rays of the sun are many through refraction. But they have the same source. I cannot, therefore, detach myself from the wickedest soul (nor may I be denied identity with the most virtuous).

I regard Duryodhana and his party as the baser impulses in man, and Arjuna and his party as the higher impulses.

The Charkha in the hands of a poor widow brings a paltry price to her, in the hands of Jawaharlal; it is an instrument of India's freedom.

Himsa does not need to be taught, Man as animal is violent, but as spirit is nonviolent.