1. “Self dedication is a spiritual experience.”
2. “The end of all knowledge must be the building up of character.”
3. “We are suffering. We have suffered. And we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause.”
4. “It takes a lot of punishment to be able to do anything to change the social order.”
5. “When you have people together who believe in something very strongly – whether it’s religion or politics or unions – things happen.”
6. “Concentration is inspiration. You must be completely overtaken by your work and your subject. Only then do all your influences and experience come up to the surface.”
7. “Once social changes begins, it cannot be reversed.”
8. “We have looked into the future and future is ours.”
9. “There’s is no reason to be non-violent. There’s no challenge unless you are living for people.”
10. “You are never strong enough that you don’t need help.”
11. “Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of character and growth of its speakers.”
12. “You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.”
13. “We draw our strengths from the despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.”
14. “It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life.”
15. “There is enough love and good will in our movement to give energy to our struggle and still have plenty let over to break down and change the climate of hate and fear around us.”
16. “When any person suffers for someone in greater need, that person is human.”
17. “Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well with others.”
18. “When you sacrifice, you force others to sacrifice. It’s an extremely powerful weapon.”
19. “To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence.”
20. “The basis of peace is respecting all creatures.”
21. “What is at stake is human dignity. If man is not accorded respect himself he cannot respect himself and if he does not respect himself, he cannot demand it.”
22. “The people who give you their food give you their heart.”
23. “True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire.”
24. “Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.”
25. “The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.”
26. “There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.”
27. “The people united will never be defeated.”
28. “We must understand that the highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline.”
29. “If you’re not frightened that you might fail, you’ll never do the job. If you’re frightened, you’ll work like crazy.”
30. “When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit our lives re all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines the kind of men we are.”
