The only things that separates us from the brute, with which we have so much in common, is the capacity to distinguish between right and wrong.

To remove untouchability is a penance that caste Hindus owe to Hinduism and to themselves.

With God as witness, I want to proclaim this truth, that the way of violence cannot bring Swaraj, it can only lead to disaster.

A society or a nation constructed nonviolently must be able to withstand attack upon its structure from without or within.

If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.

My fast is a matter between God and myself.

Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.