There is no love where there is no will

The meticulous care for the rights of the least among us is the sin qua non of nonviolence.

I hold flesh-food to be unsuited to our species. We err in copying the lower animal world if we are superior to it.

Why, of all places in Johannesburg, the Indian location should be chosen for dumping down all kaffirs of the town, passes my comprehension. Of course, under my suggestion, the Town Council must withdraw the Kaffirs from the Location. About this mixing of the Kaffirs with the Indians I must confess I feel most strongly. I think it is very unfair to the Indian population, and it is an undue tax on even the proverbial patience of my countrymen.

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

Nonviolence cannot be learnt by staying at home.

None, while in flesh, can be entirely free from himsa, because one never completely renounces the will to live.