The very first step in nonviolence is that we cultivate in our daily life, as between ourselves, truthfulness, humility, tolerance, loving kindness.

God is not a Power residing in the clouds. He is an unseen Power residing within us and nearer to us than finger nails to the flesh.

Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.

Civil disobedience is the only nonviolent escape from the soul-destroying heat of violence.

Decency and tolerance, to be of any value, must be capable of withstanding the severest strain.

The panoplied warrior of truth and nonviolence is ever and incessantly active.

Sanitation is more important than Independence.