To kill these (rabid) dogs, in my opinion, amount to himsa, but I believe it to be inevitable if we are to escape much greater himsa.

However much I may sympathise with and admire worthy motives, I am an uncompromising opponent of violent methods even to serve the noblest of causes.

A man who behaves like a beast is worse than the beast.

My religion says that only he who is prepared to suffer can pray to God.

The unparalleled extravagance of English rule has demented the rajas and the maharajas who, unmindful of consequences, ape it and grind their subjects to dust.

I call myself a labourer because I take pride in calling myself a spinner, weaver, farmer and scavenger.

To bear all kinds of tortures without a murmur of resentment is not possible for a human being without the strength that comes from God.