I do not want any patronage, as I do not give any. I am a lover of my own liberty, and so I would do nothing to restrict yours. I simply want to please my own conscience which is God.

The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

A satyagrahi cannot go to law for a personal wrong.

I have no disciples, being myself an aspirant after discipleship and in search of a guru.

A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.

Self-suppression is often necessary in the interest of truth and nonviolence.

I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life.