God is not in Kaaba or in Kashi. He is within everyone of us.

A dissolute character is more dissolute in thought than in deed. And the same is true of violence. Our violence in word and deed is but a feeble echo of the surging violence of thought in us.

No religion taught man to kill fellowmen because he held different opinions or was of another religion.

Though a non-co-operator, I shall gladly subscribe to a bill to make it criminal for anybody to call me mahatma and to touch my feet.

Non-violent resistance implies the very opposite of weakness. Defiance combined with non-retaliatory acceptance of repression from one's opponents is active, not passive. It requires strength, and there is nothing automatic or intuitive about the resoluteness required for using non-violent methods in political struggle and the quest for Truth.

Reasoned and willing obedience to the laws of the State is the first lesson in non-co-operation.

I crave to die with my hand at the spinning wheel.