It was only in South Africa that I got over this shyness, though I never completely overcame it. It was impossible for me to speak impromptu. I hesitated whenever I had to face strange audiences and avoided making a speech whenever I could. Even today I do not think I could or would even be inclined to keep a meeting of friends engaged in idle talk.

Nonviolence is an attribute of the Almighty whose ways of fulfilling Himself are inscrutable.

The one condition for fighting for peace and liberty is to acquire self-restraint.

Civil disobedience and excitement and intoxication go ill together.

The science of nonviolence can alone lead one to pure democracy.

A life without vows is like a ship without an anchor or like an edifice that is built on sand instead of a solid rock.

[He] alone is truly nonviolent who remains nonviolent even though he has the ability to strike.