The satyagrahi strives to reach reason through the heart. The method of reaching the heart is to awaken public opinion.

Kaffirs are as a rule uncivilized - the convicts even more so. They are troublesome, very dirty and live almost like animals.

We must learn to be self-reliant and independent of schools, courts, protection and patronage of a Government we seek to end, if it will not mend.

Nonviolence is not an easy thing to understand, still less to practice, weak as we are.

I cannot give active support in the war effort without denying a life-time of practice.

Imitation is the sincerest flattery.

Truth and nonviolence demand that no human being may debar himself from serving any other human being, no matter how sinful he may be.