If fighting for the legislatures meant a sacrifice of truth and nonviolence, democracy would not be worth a moment's purchase.

Courtesy towards opponents and eagerness to understand their view-point is the ABC of non-violence.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Nothing in the Shastras, which is capable of being reasoned, can stand if it is in conflict with reason.

Nonviolence does not require any outside or outward training.

I believe that there is no prayer without fasting, and there is no real fast without prayer.

If I were asked to define the Hindu creed, I should simply say: search after Truth through non-violent means. Hinduism is a relentless pursuit after truth.