Temple going is for the purification of the soul.

I would rather drown myself in the waters of the Sabarmati than harbour hate or animosity in my heart.

If treachery is the reward of trust, will the man who trusts come to harm?

Nonviolent action means mobilization of world opinion in our favour.

Khadi service, village service and Harijan service are one in reality, though three in name.

... when all violence subsides in the human heart, the state which remains is love. It is not something we have to acquire; it is always present, and needs only to be uncovered. This is our real nature, not merely to love one person here, another there, but to be love itself.

If what passed as nonviolence does not enable people to protect the honour of women, or if it does not enable women to protect their own honour, it is not nonviolence.