Mass civil disobedience was for the attainment of independence.

He who atones for sins never calculates; he pours out the whole essence of his contrite heart.

Non-co-operators will make a serious mistake if they seek to convert people to their creed by violence.

The true democrat is he who with purely nonviolent means defends his liberty and, therefore, his country's and ultimately that of the whole of mankind.

That which you look upon as your own you may keep only so long as the world allows you to own it.

I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.

Man's upward progress means ever increasing difficulty, which is to be welcomed.