Democracy necessarily means a conflict of will and ideas, involving sometimes a war of the knife between different ideas.

An ideal sanctified by the sacrifices of such master spirits as Lenin cannot go in vain, the noble example of their renunciation will be emblazoned for ever and quicken and purify the ideal as time passes.

In my humble opinion, non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. But in the past, non-cooperation has been deliberately expressed in violence to the evildoer. I am endeavoring to show my countrymen that violent non-cooperation only multiplies evil and that evil can only be sustained by violence. Withdrawal of support of evil requires complete abstention from violence. Non-violence implies voluntary submission to the penalty for non-cooperation with evil.

Meditation is waiting on God.

I refuse to put the unnecessary strain of learning English upon my sisters for the sake of false pride or questionable social advantage.

Untouchability, I hold, is a sin, if Bhagavadgita is one of our Divine Books.

Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.