No Indian who aspires to follow the way of true religion can afford to remain aloof from politics.

A journalist's peculiar function is to read the mind of the country and to give definite and fearless expression to that mind.

Civil disobedience is the only nonviolent escape from the soul-destroying heat of violence.

The only force at the disposal of democracy is that of public opinion.

There is no such thing as compulsion in the scheme of nonviolence.

Begin your day with prayer, and make it so soulful that it may remain with you until the evening.

Kaffirs are as a rule uncivilized - the convicts even more so. They are troublesome, very dirty and live almost like animals.