We cannot be speakers who do not listen. But neither can we be listeners who do not speak.

Jesus was the most active resister known to history. His was nonviolence par excellence.

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

A small group of determined and like-minded people can change the course of history.

The world cannot be successfully fooled for all time.

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.

Performance of one's duties should be independent of public opinion.