A fast to be true must be accompanied by a readiness to receive pure thoughts and determination to resist all Satan's temptations.

Truth has drawn me into the field of politics; and I can say without the slightest hesitation, and yet in all humility, that those who say that religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion means.

It is indeed a million times better to appear untrue before the world than to be untrue to ourselves.

I simply want to tell the story of my experiments with truth...as my life consists of nothing but those experiments.

Never own defeat in a sacred cause and make up your minds henceforth that you will be pure and that you will find a response from God.

Before [Hindus and Moslems] dare think of freedom, they must be brave enough to love one another, to tolerate one another's religion, even prejudices and superstitions, and to trust one another. This requires faith in oneself.

A satyagrahi is nothing if not instinctively law-abiding.