The strength to kill is not essential for self-defence; one ought to have the strength to die.

Islam appeals to people because it appeals also to reason.

My life has been full of external tragedies and if they have not left any visible effect on me, I owe it to the teaching of the Bhagavadgita.

I cannot give active support in the war effort without denying a life-time of practice.

The Charkha is the symbol of nonviolence on which all life, if it is to be real life, must be based.

It is claimed for satyagraha that it is a complete substitute for violence or war.

Widowhood imposed by religion or custom is an unbearable yoke and defiles the home by secret vice and degrades religion.