Satyagraha is a purely spiritual weapon.

Truth is self-evident, nonviolence is its maturest fruit. It is contained in truth, but is not self-evident.

Non-co-operation is not a movement of drag, bluster or bluff.

My mission is to convert every Indian, every Englishman and finally the world to nonviolence for regulating mutual relations, whether political, economic, social or religious.

I do believe that where there is a choice between cowardice and non-violence I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what he should have done, had he been present when I was almost fatally assaulted in 1908, whether he should have run away and seen me killed or whether he should have used his physical force which he could and wanted to use, and defended me, I told him that it was his duty to defend me even by using violence.

Tolstoy's so-called inconsistencies were a sign of his development and his passionate regard for truth.

Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.