Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.

Proved right should be capable of being vindicated by right means as against the rude i.e. sanguinary means. Man may and should shed his own blood for establishing what he considers to be his right. He may not shed the blood of his opponent who disputes his 'right'.

The golden way is to be friends with the world and to regard the whole human family as one.

Unity among the different races and the different religions of India is indispensable to the birth of national life.

A nonviolent struggle necessarily involves construction on a small scale. It cannot therefore lead to tamas or darkness or inertia.

God alone knows absolute Truth.

A civilization based on nonviolence must be different from that organized for violence.