For thousands to do to death a few hundreds is no bravery. It is worse than cowardice. It is unworthy of nationalism, of any religion.

Violent means will give violent freedom.

Study not man in his animal nature - man following the laws of the jungle - but study man in all his glory.

We become Godlike to the extent we realize nonviolence, but we can never become wholly God.

When two nations are fighting, the duty of a votary of ahimsa is to stop the war.

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

If they are truly nonviolent, they must also realize that civil disobedience is an impossibility till the preliminary work of construction is done.