To me Truth is God and there is no way to find Truth except the way of nonviolence.

I do not want my house to be rounded by walls and my windows to be closed to other cultures. I wish to become familiar with the culture of lands as much as possible but I will not permit them to affect me or shake me from my own status.

No religion taught man to kill fellowmen because he held different opinions or was of another religion.

India's freedom will not be won by violence but only by the purest suffering without retaliation.

Unity among the different races and the different religions of India is indispensable to the birth of national life.

Violence is a concession to human weakness, satyagraha is an obligation.

Every living faith must have within itself the power of rejuvenation if it is to live