The highest religion has been defined by a negative word: ahimsa.

The Divine Music is incessantly ringing within all of us, but the loud senses drown the delicate Music, which is unlike and infinitely superior to anything we can perceive with our senses.

Nonviolent attainment of self-government presupposes a non-violent control over the violent elements in the country.

My motto is "Unite now, today if you can; fight if you must. But in every case avoid British intervention."

My ahimsa would not tolerate the idea of giving a free meal to a healthy person who has not worked for it in some honest way.

I care so deeply about this matter that I'm willing to take on the legal penalties, to sit in this prison cell, to sacrifice my freedom, in order to show you how deeply I care. Because when you see the depth of my concern, and how civil I am in going about this, you're bound to change your mind about me, to abandon your rigid, unjust position, and to let me help you see the truth of my cause.

Life will not be a pyramid with the apex sustained by the bottom, but an oceanic circle whose centre will be the individual.