A genuine satyagraha should never excite contempt in the opponent even when it fails to command regard or respect.

This belief in the necessity of English training has enslaved us. It has unfitted us for true national service.

Modern civilization has taught us to convert night into day and golden silence into brazen din and noise.

Truth and nonviolence are both the means and the end, and given the right type of men, the legislatures can be the means of achieving the concrete pursuit of truth and nonviolence.

Non-co-operation is the nation's notice that it is no longer satisfied to be in tutelage.

Whether humanity will consciously follow the law of love, I do not know. But that need not disturb me. The law will work just as the law of gravitation works whether we accept it or not.

A straight fight in an equal battle takes some bravery, but braver is he who, knowing that he would have to sacrifice ninety-five as against five of the enemy, faces death.