True ahimsa should wear a smile even on a deathbed brought about by an assailant. It is only with that ahimsa that we can befriend our opponents and win their love.

There is no such thing as compulsion in the scheme of nonviolence.

I must refuse to believe that the Germans contemplate with equanimity the evacuation of cities like London for fear of destruction to be wrought by man's inhuman ingenuity.

Proved right should be capable of being vindicated by right means as against the rude i.e. sanguinary means. Man may and should shed his own blood for establishing what he considers to be his right. He may not shed the blood of his opponent who disputes his 'right'.

Nothing can so quickly put the masses on their legs as the spinning wheel and all it means.

Where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence.

A complete fast is a complete and literal denial of self. It is the truest prayer.