God is the shield of the nonviolent.
Non-violence should never be used as a shield for cowardice. It is a weapon for the brave.
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.
The true battlefield is within.
Truth has drawn me into the field of politics; and I can say without the slightest hesitation, and yet in all humility, that those who say that religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion means.
My shyness has been in reality my shield and buckler. It has allowed me to grow. It has helped me in my discernment of truth.
A fearless woman who knows that her purity is her best shield can never be dishonoured.
If intellect plays a large part in the field of violence, I hold that it plays a larger part in the field of nonviolence.
Non-co-operation in the political field is an extension of the doctrine as it is practised in the domestic field.
The field of research in the doctrine of civil resistance is necessarily limited, as the occasions for civil resistance in a man's life must not be frequent.