Non-violence and cowardice are contradictory terms. Non-violence is the greatest virtue, cowardice the greatest vice. Non-violence springs from love, cowardice from hate. Non-violence always suffers, cowardice would always inflict suffering. Perfect non-violence is the highest bravery. Non-violent conduct is never demoralising; cowardice always is.

Evil is, good or truth misplaced.

Non-co-operation is a nation's determination to improve.

Far more indispensable then food for the physical body is spiritual nourishment for the soul. One can do without food for a considerable time, but a man of the spirit cannot exist for a single second without spiritual nourishment.

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

May not men earn their bread by intellectual labor? No, the needs of the body must be supplied by the body.

Love is the subtlest force in the world.