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 If we want the Arms Act to be repealed, if we want to learn the use of arms, here is a golden opportunity.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voluntary help to Government in the hour of its trial, distrust will disappear, and the ban on possessing arms will be withdrawn.

It is the law of love that rules mankind. Had violence, i.e. hate, rules us we would have become extinct long ago. And yet, the tragedy of it is that the so-called civilised men and nations conduct themselves as if the basis of society was violence.

By spiritual training I mean education of the heart.

Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy.

If every component part of the nation claims the right of self-determination for itself, there is no one nation and there is no independence.

I would not flinch from sacrificing even a million lives for India's liberty.

Domestic matters are trifles for us. But they occupy the principal part of my life. They teach me to know my limitations.