To yield to the threat or actual use of violence is a surrender of one's self respect and religious conviction.

God accepts the sacrifice of the pure in heart.

All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul.

Satyagraha thrives on repression till at last the repressor is tired of it and the object of satyagraha is gained.

Unity, to be real, must stand the severest strain without breaking.

Hinduism dies if untouchability lives, and untouchability has to die if Hinduism is to live.

Khadi to me is the symbol of unity of Indian humanity, of its economic freedom and equality and, therefore, ultimately, in the poetic expression of Jawaharlal Nehru, 'the livery of India's freedom'.