Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. Violence is any day preferable to impotence. There is hope for a violent man to become non-violent. There is no such hope for the impotent.

Satyagraha has been designed as an effective substitute for violence.

I do not believe in the doctrine of the greatest good of the greatest number. The only real, dignified, human doctrine is the greatest good of all.

Where there is no strength of mind there can be no strength of soul.

My uniform experience has convinced me that there is no other God than Truth

Idolatry is permissible in Hinduism when it sub serves an ideal.

The test of friendship is assistance in adversity, and that, too, unconditional assistance.