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

Ours is one continual struggle against a degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the Europeans, who desire to degrade us to the level of the raw Kaffir whose occupation is hunting, and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with and, then, pass his life in indolence and nakedness.

Pure motives can never justify impure or violent action.

Each and every one of you should consider himself to be a trustee for the welfare of the rest of his fellow labourers and not be self-seeking.

External fears cease of their own accord when once we have conquered these traitors within the camp.

Man does not live by bread alone. Many prefer self-respect to food.

Non-co-operation and civil disobedience in terms of Swaraj are not to be thought of without substantial constructive effort.