Satyagraha, of which civil resistance is but a part, is to me the universal law of life.

As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality. Man, for instance, cannot be untruthful, cruel or incontinent and claim to have God on his side.

I understand democracy as something that gives the weak the same chance as the strong.

I must not refrain from saying that India can gain more by waiving the right of punishment.

The object of the Gita appears to me to be that of showing the most excellent way to attain self-realization.

If God is not a personal being for me like my earthly father, He is infinitely more.

It is better to resist oppression by violent means than to submit, but it is best of all to resist by nonviolent means.