We may never be strong enough to be entirely non-violent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep non-violence as our goal and make steady progress towards it.

Nonviolence being the mightiest force in the world and also the most elusive in its working, demands the greatest exercise of faith.

We are constantly being astonished these days at the amazing discoveries in the field of violence. But I maintain that far more undreamt of and seemingly impossible discoveries will be made in the field of nonviolence.

There is no one without faults, not even men of God. They are men of God not because they are faultless, but because they know their faults, they strive against them, they do not hide them, and are ever ready to correct themselves.

I would not sell the vital interests of the untouchables for the sake of winning the freedom of India.

I would rather drown myself in the waters of the Sabarmati than harbour hate or animosity in my heart.

If Euclid's point, though incapable of being drawn by any human agency, has an imperishable value, my picture has its own for mankind to live.