It was through the Hindu religion that I learnt to respect Christianity and Islam.

It is the absolute right of India to misgovern herself.

The weak can never forgive.

A votary of ahimsa must cultivate the habit of unremitting toil, sleepless vigilance, ceaseless self-control.

I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life.

The nonviolence I teach is active nonviolence of the strongest. But the weakest can partake in it without becoming weaker.

But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.