“I learned from Hussain how to be wronged and be a winner, I learnt from Hussain how to attain victory while being oppressed.”

“Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary."(Satyagraha Leaflet No. 13, 3 May 1919)”

“I can retain neither respect nor affection for government which has been moving from wrong to wrong in order to defend its immorality”

“I have not conceived my mission to be that of a knight-errant wandering everywhere to deliver people from difficult situations.My humble occupation has been to show people how they can solve their own difficulties.”

“Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”

“The inner voice is something which cannot be described in words. But sometimes we have a positive feeling that something in us prompts us to do a certain thing. The time when I learnt to recognise this voice was, I may say, the time when I started praying regularly.”

“It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honored by the humiliation of their fellow beings.”