Apparently, I've acted like a terrorist. But I'm not a terrorist.

My ahimsa is my own. I am not able to accept in its entirety the doctrine of non-killing of animals.

No nation keeps another in subjection without herself turning into a subject nation.

There is force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results.

Real suffering bravely borne, melts even a heart of stone. Such is the potency of suffering. And there lies the key to Satyagraha.

I am not fighting machinery as such, but the madness of thinking that machinery saves labor. Men save labor until thousands of them are without work and die of hunger on the streets. I want to secure employment and livelihood not only to part of the human race, but for all. I will not have the enrichment of a few at the expense of the community. At present the machine is helping a small minority to live on the exploitation of the masses. The motive force of this minority is not humanity or love of their kind, but greed and avarice.

Faith is put to the test when the situation is most difficult.