I do believe that where there is a choice between cowardice and non-violence I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what he should have done, had he been present when I was almost fatally assaulted in 1908, whether he should have run away and seen me killed or whether he should have used his physical force which he could and wanted to use, and defended me, I told him that it was his duty to defend me even by using violence.

I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.

Perfection is only an ideal for man; it cannot be attained, for man is made imperfect.

Only my death will determine whether I am 'Mohamed Gandhi', Jinnah's slave, destroyer of the Hindu religion or its servant and protector.

If you have faith in the cause and the means and in God, the hot sun will be cool for you.

If it is possible for the human tongue to give the fullest description of God, I have come to the conclusion that God is Truth.

To gain India's freedom, the capacity for suffering must go hand in hand with the capacity for ceaseless labour.