Speed is irrelevant if you are going in the wrong direction.

Civil disobedience can never be in general terms, such as for independence.

In the case of the Indian villager, an age-old culture is hidden under entrustment of crudeness.

It is the reformer who is anxious for the reform, and not society, from which he should expect nothing better than opposition, abhorrence and even mortal persecution.

What is gained by violence must be lost before superior violence.

The spirit of non-violence necessarily leads to humility. Non-violence means reliance on God, the rock of ages. If we would seek his aid, we must approach Him with a humble and contrite heart.

A popular government wields a moral force, which is infinitely superior to the physical force that the foreign government could summon to its assistance.