Such expression is impossible in a cramped atmosphere. As I have no desire to offer civil disobedience I cannot write freely. As the author of satyagraha I cannot, consistently with my profession, suppress the vital part of myself for the sake of being able to write on permissible subjects. ... It would be like dealing with the trunk without the head.

If an enemy strikes your left cheek, offer him your right.

We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.

Forgive and forget, but never forget to forgive. You may find a happier heart is the key to a happier life.

Democracy and dependence on the military and police are incompatible.

A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.

Tolerance obviously does not disturb the distinction between right and wrong, or good and evil.