For Hindus to expect Islam, Christianity or Zoroastrianism to be driven out of India is as idle a dream as it would be for Mussalmans to have only Islam of their imagination rule the world.

We, the English educated Indians, often unconsciously make the terrible mistake of thinking that the microscopic minority of the English-speaking Indians is the whole of India.

Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.

Satyagraha is search for Truth, and God is Truth.

Violence will prevail over violence, only when someone can prove to me that darkness can be dispelled by darkness

Truth (satya) is positive, nonviolence is negative.

Non-violent resistance implies the very opposite of weakness. Defiance combined with non-retaliatory acceptance of repression from one's opponents is active, not passive. It requires strength, and there is nothing automatic or intuitive about the resoluteness required for using non-violent methods in political struggle and the quest for Truth.