The richest grace of ahimsa will descend easily upon the owner of hard discipline.

Nonviolence is not a weapon of the weak. It is a weapon of the strongest and bravest.

Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.

I can neither serve God nor humanity if as an Indian I do not serve India, and as a Hindu I do not serve Indian Mussalmans.

In the secret of my heart I am in perpetual quarrel with God that He should allow such things [as the war] to go on. My non-violence seems almost impotent. But the answer comes at the end of the daily quarrel that neither God nor non-violence is impotent. Impotence is in men. I must try on without losing faith even though I may break in the attempt.

Don't listen to friends when the Friend inside you says "Do this."

Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.