It ill becomes us to invoke in our daily prayers the blessings of God, the Compassionate, if we in turn will not practice elementary compassion toward our fellow creatures.

Satyagraha has been designed as an effective substitute for violence.

Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding.

It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.

Violent means will give violent swaraj. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.

That we should obey laws whether good or bad is a new-fangled notion. There was no such thing in former days. The people disregarded those laws they did not like and suffered the penalties for their breach.

I hold it a blasphemy to say that the Creator resides in a temple from which a particular class of His devotees sharing faith in it are excluded.