Though violence is not lawful, when it is offered in self-defense or for the defense of the defenseless, it is an act of bravery far better than cowardly submission. The latter befits neither man nor woman. Under violence, there are many stages and varieties of bravery. Every man must judge this for himself. No other person can or has the right.

The removal of untouchability is a question of the purification of Hinduism.

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.

Great causes cannot be served by intellectual equipment alone, they call for spiritual effort of soul-force.

The essence of true religious teaching is that one should serve and befriend all.

Good government is no substitute for self-government.

Belief in non-violence is based on the assumption that human nature in the essence is one and therefore unfailingly responds to the advances of love.