Non-violence does not signify that man must not fight against the enemy, and by enemy is meant the evil which men do, not the human beings themselves.

To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.

Violence will prevail over violence, only when someone can prove to me that darkness can be dispelled by darkness

Intolerance is a species of violence and therefore against our creed.

When you make yourself into zero, your power becomes invincible.

So long as untouchability disfigures Hinduism, so long do I hold the attainment of Swaraj to be an utter impossibility.

Civilizations have come and gone and, in spite of our vaunted progress, I am tempted to ask again and again, 'To what purpose?'