Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.

There is no distrust of men and mankind in me. They will answer before God, so why should I worry?

For satyagraha and its offshoots, non-co-operation and civil resistance, are nothing but new names for the law of suffering.

Selfishness is blind.

Weeding is as necessary to agriculture as sowing.

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

I know that in embarking on non-violence I shall be running what might be termed a mad risk. But the victories of truth have never been won without risks.