A votary of ahimsa must cultivate the habit of unremitting toil, sleepless vigilance, ceaseless self-control.

There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for.

God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.

Ours is one continual struggle against a degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the Europeans, who desire to degrade us to the level of the raw Kaffir whose occupation is hunting, and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with and, then, pass his life in indolence and nakedness.

Kaffirs are as a rule uncivilized - the convicts even more so. They are troublesome, very dirty and live almost like animals.

Reason has to be strengthened by suffering, and suffering opens the eyes of understanding.

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action. . . . . . . Prayer is the first and the last lesson in learning the noble and brave art of sacrificing self in the various walks of life culminating in the defence of one's nation's liberty and honour.