I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.

Pure motives can never justify impure or violent action.

We must learn to be self-reliant and independent of schools, courts, protection and patronage of a Government we seek to end, if it will not mend.

True ahimsa should wear a smile even on a deathbed brought about by an assailant. It is only with that ahimsa that we can befriend our opponents and win their love.

Every worthy act is difficult. Ascent is always difficult. Descent is easy and often slippery.

A man who throws himself on God ceases to fear man

At times of writing I never think what I have said before. My aim is not to be consistent with my previous statements on a given question, but to be consistent with truth as it may present itself to me at a given moment. The result has been that I have grown from truth to truth.