Faith becomes lame, when it ventures into matters pertaining to reason!

I have been repeating over and over again that he who cannot protect himself or his nearest and dearest or their honour by non-violently facing death may and ought to do so by violently dealing with the oppressor. He who can do neither of the two is a burden. He has no business to be the head of a family. He must either hide himself, or must rest content to live for ever in helplessness and be prepared to crawl like a worm at the bidding of a bully.

To bear all kinds of tortures without a murmur of resentment is not possible for a human being without the strength that comes from God.

The use of soul-force for turning stones into bread would have been considered, as it is still considered, as black magic.

Prayer is a sign of repentance, a desire to become better, purer.

Seeming failure is not of the law of satyagrahabut of incompetence of the satyagrahi by whatever cause induced.

The saving of labour of the individual should be the object and honest humanitarian considerations, and not greed, the motive.