In satyagraha, a courted imprisonment carries its own praise.

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

Exercise of faith will be the safest where there is a clear determination summarily to reject all that is contrary to truth and love.

Complete non-violence is complete absence of ill-will against all that lives. It therefore embraces even sub-human life, not excluding noxious insects and beasts. They have not been created to feed our destructive propensities. If we only knew the mind of the Creator, we should find their proper place in His creation.

To slight a single human being, is to slight those divine powers and thus to harm not only that being but with him, the whole world.

Let us give today first the vital things of life and all the grace and ornaments of life will follow.

Do not crave to know the views of others, nor base your intent thereon. To think independently for yourself is a sign of fearlessness.