Good travels at a snail's pace. Those who want to do good are not selfish, they are not in a hurry, they know that to impregnate people with good requires a long time.

There is already enough superstition in our country. No effort should be spared to resist further addition in the shape of Gandhi worship.

In man, reason quickens and guides feelings; in brute, the soul lies ever dormant.

I have known only one way of carrying on missionary work, viz., by personal example and discussion with searchers for knowledge.

A soldier fights with an irresistible strength when he has blown up his bridges and burnt his boats. Even so, it is with a soldier of ahimsa.

Anything which is a hindrance to the fight of the soul is a delusion and a snare, even like the body which often does hinder you in the path of salvation.

Though I cannot claim to be a Christian in the sectarian sense, the example of Jesus suffering is a factor in the composition of my undying faith in non-violence which rules all my actions, worldly and temporal.