A person who is worried about the outcome of his work does not see his goal; he sees only his opposition and the obstacles before him.

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?

A perfect Muslim is he from whose tongue and hands mankind is safe.

Force that the performance of duty naturally generates is the non-violent and invincible force that satyagraha brings into being.

Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in its corruption and lawlessness.

To practice nonviolence in mundane matters is to know its true value.

But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.