Service is not possible unless it is rooted in love orahimsa.

The power of unarmed nonviolence is any day far superior to that of armed force.

Yajna is not yajna if one feels it to be burdensome or annoying.

Decency and tolerance, to be of any value, must be capable of withstanding the severest strain.

Prayer is the only means of bringing about orderliness and peace and repose in our daily acts.

Whilst I may not actually help anyone to retaliate, I must not let a coward seek shelter behind nonviolence so-called. Not knowing the stuff of which nonviolence is made, many have honestly believed that running away from danger every time was a virtue compared to offering resistance, especially when it was fraught with danger to one's life. As a teacher of nonviolence I must, so far as it is possible for me, guard against such an unmanly belief.

Love has more force than a besieging army.