A satyagrahi has no other stay but God, and he who has any other stay or depends on any other help cannot offer satyagraha.

Faith is the function of the heart.

It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business.

I can no more preach nonviolence to a cowardly man than I can tempt a blind man to enjoy healthy scenes.

If any Englishman dedicated his life to securing the freedom of India, resisting tyranny and serving the land, I should welcome that Englishman as an Indian.

It will be hard to find a parallel in history in which unarmed people have represented the urge for freedom, turning their armlessness into the central means for deliverance.

The real love is to love them that hate you, to love your neighbor even though you distrust him.