It would be a blunder of the first magnitude for the British to be a party, in any way whatsoever, to the division of India.

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary.

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.

Violent means will give violent swaraj. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.

When anything assumes the strength of a creed, it becomes self-sustained and derives the needed support from within.

My Hinduism must be a very poor thing if it cannot flourish even under the most adverse influence.

To conceal ignorance is to increase it. An honest confession of it, however, gives ground for the hope that it will diminish some day or the other.