Prayer is a sign of repentance, a desire to become better, purer.

We must be ever courteous and patient with those who do not see eye to eye with us. We must resolutely refuse to consider our opponents as enemies.

Ahimsa was preached to man when he was in full vigor of life and able to look his adversaries straight in the face.

Whenever I see an erring man, I say to myself I have also erred; when I see a lustful man I say to myself, so was I once; and in this way I feel kinship with everyone in the world and feel that I cannot be happy without the humblest of us being happy.

A full and candid admission of one's mistakes should make proof against its repetition.

The moment the cultivators of the soil realize their power, the evil of Zamindari will be sterilized.

Our struggle consists in showing that our nonviolence is neither a cloak to hide our violence or hatred, nor a preparation for violence in the near or distant future.