My interest in India's freedom will cease if she adopts violent means, for their fruit will not be freedom but slavery in disguise.

Moral restrictions tend to become lax in a foreign country, since the fear of social opinion disappears.

The cow is the purest type of sub-human life.

God has been described by all the scriptures of the world as protector and saviour of the sinner.

If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my personal affair. The state has nothing to do with it. The state would look after your secular welfare, health, communications, foreign relations, currency and so on, but not your or my religion. That is everybody's personal concern!

Monotony is the law of nature. Look at the monotonous manner in which the sun rises. The monotony of necessary occupation is exhilarating and life giving.

The power of nonviolent resistance can only come from honest working of the constructive programme.