If you want to change the world, start with yourself.

Love and exclusive possession can never go together.

I believe in the doctrine of non-violence as a weapon of the weak. I believe in the doctrine of non-violence as a weapon of the strongest. I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.

Democracy is a great institution and, therefore, it is liable to be greatly abused.

Nonviolent attainment of self-government presupposes a non-violent control over the violent elements in the country.

The science of war leads one to dictatorship, pure and simple. The science of non-violence alone can lead one to pure democracy. Power based on love is thousand times more effective and permanent than power derived from fear of punishment. It is a blasphemy to say non-violence can be practiced only by individuals and never by nations which are composed of individuals. The nearest approach to purest anarchy would be a democracy based on non-violence. A society organized and run on the basis of complete non-violence would be the purest anarchy.

The right to err, which means the freedom to try experiments, is the universal condition of all progress.