Complete non-violence is complete absence of ill-will against all that lives. It therefore embraces even sub-human life, not excluding noxious insects and beasts. They have not been created to feed our destructive propensities. If we only knew the mind of the Creator, we should find their proper place in His creation.

Swaraj would be real Swaraj only when there would be no occasion for safeguarding any rights.

Jesus was the most active resister known to history. His was nonviolence par excellence.

Truth to me is infinitely dearer than the 'mahatmaship' which is purely a burden.

Just think out for yourselves, if a man who was good yesterday has become bad after having come in contact with me, is he responsible that he has deteriorated or am I? ... It is well to take the blame sometimes.

Start changing yourself if you want to change the life around you.

You don't know who is important to you until you actually lose them.