Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. If we want the Arms Act to be repealed, if we want to learn the use of arms, here is a golden opportunity. If the middle classes render voluntary help to Government in the hour of its trial, distrust will disappear, and the ban on possessing arms will be withdrawn.

Blaming the wolf would not help the sheep much. The sheep must learn not to fall in the clutches of the wolf.

Non-violence should never be used as a shield for cowardice. It is a weapon for the brave.

In satyagraha, a courted imprisonment carries its own praise.

A vow imparts stability, ballast and firmness to one's character.

Religion is a thing to be lived. It is not merely sophistry.

Every calamity should lead to a thorough cleansing of individual as well as social life.