Non-violent resistance implies the very opposite of weakness. Defiance combined with non-retaliatory acceptance of repression from one's opponents is active, not passive. It requires strength, and there is nothing automatic or intuitive about the resoluteness required for using non-violent methods in political struggle and the quest for Truth.

Whilst the Bihar calamity damages the body, the calamity brought about by untouchability corrodes the very soul.

Man is the maker of his own destiny, and I therefore ask you to become makers of your own destiny.

A duty religiously performed carries with it several other important consequences.

Proved right should be capable of being vindicated by right means as against the rude i.e. sanguinary means. Man may and should shed his own blood for establishing what he considers to be his right. He may not shed the blood of his opponent who disputes his 'right'.

A satyagrahi cannot go to law for a personal wrong.

It is impossible to wait and weigh, in golden scales, the sentiments of prejudice and superstition that have gathered round the priests who are considered to be the custodians of Hinduism.