A general belief seems to prevail in the colony that the Indians are little better, if at all, than the savages or natives of Africa. Even the children are taught to believe in that manner, with the result that the Indian is being dragged down to the position of a raw Kaffir.

Newspapers have become more important to the average man than the scriptures.

No one can ride on the back of a man unless it is bent.

All religions teach that two opposite forces act upon us and the human endeavour consists in a series of eternal rejections and acceptances.

Satyagraha and civil disobedience and fasts have nothing in common with the use of force, veiled or open.

My errors have been errors of calculation and judging men, not in appreciating the true nature of truth and ahimsa or in their application.

Men should do their actual living and working in communities small enough to permit of genuine self-government and the assumption of personal responsibilities, federated into larger units in such a way that the temptation to abuse great power should not arise.