Self-sacrifice of one innocent man is a million times more potent than the sacrifice of a million men who die in the act of killing others.

Nonviolence is impossible without humility.

Violent means will give violent freedom.

Proved right should be capable of being vindicated by right means as against the rude i.e. sanguinary means. Man may and should shed his own blood for establishing what he considers to be his right. He may not shed the blood of his opponent who disputes his 'right'.

The spinning wheel means national consciousness and a contribution by every individual to a definite constructive national work.

World has things which full fill man needs, but not greeds.

In man, reason quickens and guides feelings; in brute, the soul lies ever dormant.