The function of violence is to obtain reform by external means, the function of passive resistance, that is, soul-force, is to obtain it by growth from within, which, in its turn, is obtained by self-suffering, self-purification.

Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms.

Everyone wants to be strong and self sufficient, but few are willing to put in the work necessary to achieve worthy goals.

One may detest the wickedness of a brother without hating him.

Hinduism has absorbed the best of all the faiths of the world and in that sense Hinduism is not an exclusive religion.

Means are ends in the making

Nonviolence becomes meaningless if violence is permitted for self-defence.