Mental violence has no potency and injures only the person whose thoughts are violent. It is otherwise with mental nonviolence. It has potency which the world does not yet know.

Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our very being.

I could not be leading a religious life unless I identified myself with the whole of mankind, and that I could not do unless I took part in politics.

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

A non-violent revolution is not a program of seizure of power. It is a program of transformation of relationships, ending in a peaceful transfer of power.

Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of non-violence to cover impotence.

Liberty and democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

Morality is contraband in war.

War is an unmitigated evil. But it certainly does one good thing. It drives away fear and brings bravery to the surface.