If blood be shed, let it be our own. Let us cultivate the calm courage to die without killing.

I can no more preach nonviolence to a cowardly man than I can tempt a blind man to enjoy healthy scenes.

Study men laying down their lives without hurting anyone else in the cause of their country's freedom.

What better book can there be than the book of humanity.

I would not sell the vital interests of the untouchables for the sake of winning the freedom of India.

Give the villagers village arithmetic, village geography, village history and the literary knowledge that they must use daily, i.e. reading and writing letters, etc.

A resolute and wise refusal to take part in festivities will be an incentive for introspection and self-purification.