Whatever strength the masses have is due entirely to ahimsa, however imperfect or defective its practice might have been.

The greatness of the human being is not in the reincarnation of the world but in the reincarnation of ourselves.

I will not have the power of nonviolence to be underestimated in order to cover my limitations or weaknesses.

My creed of nonviolence does not favour the punishment of thieves and dacoits and even murderers.

Disobedience, to be civil, implies discipline, thought, care, attention.

A man, whilst he is dreaming, believes in his dream; he is undeceived only when he is awakened from his slumber.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.