The patriotic spirit demands loyal and strict adherence to nonviolence and truth.

A love that is based on the goodness of those whom you love is a mercenary affair.

Religion is entirely a personal matter. Each one could approach his Creator as he liked.

The restoration of free speech, free association and free press is almost the whole Swaraj.

Men to be men must be able to trust their womenfolk, even as the latter are compelled to trust them.

It is impossible for me to reconcile myself to the idea of conversion after the style that goes on in India and elsewhere today. It is an error which is perhaps the greatest impediment to the world's progress toward peace. ... Why should a Christian want to convert a Hindu to Christianity? Why should he not be satisfied if the Hindu is a good or godly man?

To benefit by others' killing and to delude oneself into the belief that one is being very religions and nonviolent is sheer self-deception.