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

The weapon of nonviolence does not need supermen or superwomen to wield it; even beings of common clay can use it and have used it before this with success.

Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.

Self-suppression is often necessary in the interest of truth and nonviolence.

Service is not possible unless it is rooted in love orahimsa.

Intellect takes us along in the battle of life to a certain limit, but at the crucial moment it fails us. Faith transcends reason. It is when the horizon is the darkest and human reason is beaten down to the ground that faith shines brightest and comes to our rescue.

It is a crime and a sin to regard a person as untouchable because he is born in a particular community.