A satyagrahi lays down his life, but never gives up. That is the meaning of the 'do or die' slogan.

The Bible is as much a book of religion with me as the Gita and the Koran.

I invite even the school of violence to give this peaceful non-co-operation a trial.

If it was wrong to seek God in a stone, how was it right to seek Him in a book called the Gita, the Granth Sahib or the Koran?

Without prayer there is no inward peace.

They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then they will have my dead body, but not my obedience.

I care so deeply about this matter that I'm willing to take on the legal penalties, to sit in this prison cell, to sacrifice my freedom, in order to show you how deeply I care. Because when you see the depth of my concern, and how civil I am in going about this, you're bound to change your mind about me, to abandon your rigid, unjust position, and to let me help you see the truth of my cause.