My errors have been errors of calculation and judging men, not in appreciating the true nature of truth and ahimsa or in their application.

For me patriotism is the sme as humanity. I am patriotic because I am human and humane. It is not exclusive. I will not hurt England or Germany to serve India . . . My patriotism is inclusive and admits of no enmity or ill-will.

It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.

Just as one must learn the art of killing in the training for violence, so one must learn the art of dying in the training for nonviolence.

God is not a Power residing in the clouds. He is an unseen Power residing within us and nearer to us than finger nails to the flesh.

Blaming the wolf would not help the sheep much. The sheep must learn not to fall in the clutches of the wolf.

What crimes, for which we condemn the Government as satanic, have not we been guilty of towards our own untouchable brethren?