Better than cowardice is killing and being killed in battle.

A soldier fights with an irresistible strength when he has blown up his bridges and burnt his boats. Even so, it is with a soldier of ahimsa.

My personal religion enables me to serve my countrymen without hurting the English or, for that matter, anybody else.

A man who would interpret the scriptures must have the spiritual discipline.

History is replete with instances of men, who, by dying with courage and compassion on their lips converted the hearts of their violent opponents.

I believe that a party wishing equality for India does exist in Britain. But it is an insignificant minority, and while I honour and like their opinion I cannot be enthused over it, for I know that those who shape policy and dominate are otherwise inclined. For me, therefore, it is only the Secretary of State who counts.

Nonviolence in the sense of mere non-killing does not appear to me, therefore, to be of any improvement on the technique of violence.