By patriotism I mean the welfare of the whole people, if I secure it at the hands of my opponent, I should bow down my head to him.

The State is the sum total of the sacrifice, on its behalf, of its members.

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.

At times of writing I never think what I have said before. My aim is not to be consistent with my previous statements on a given question, but to be consistent with truth as it may present itself to me at a given moment. The result has been that I have grown from truth to truth.

It is degrading both for man and woman that woman should be called upon or induced to forsake the hearth and shoulder the rifle for the protection of that hearth.

What can be richer and more fruitful than a greater fulfillment of the vow of nonviolence in thought, word and deed or the spread of that spirit?

I have known only one way of carrying on missionary work, viz., by personal example and discussion with searchers for knowledge.