By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.

I have felt that the Gita teaches us that what cannot be followed in day-to-day practice cannot be called religion.

Man is sent into the world to perform his duty even at the cost of his life.

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'.

I believe it to be perfectly possible for an individual to adopt the way of life of the future. . . without having to wait for others to do so.

There is no better way of industrializing the villages of India than the spinning wheel.

Leo Tolstoy's life has been devoted to replacing the method of violence for removing tyranny or securing reform by the method of non­resistance to evil. He would meet hatred expressed in violence by love expressed in self­suffering.