A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.

H. G. Wells was not the only one to mention Churchill and Hitler in the same breath: "Churchill and Hitler are striving to change the nature of their respective countrymen by forcing and hammering violent methods on them. Man may be suppressed in this manner but he cannot be changed. Ahimsa [non-violence in the Hindu tradition], on the other hand, can change human nature and sooner than men like Churchill and Hitler."

If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed � but hate these things in yourself, not in another.

Himsa does not need to be taught, Man as animal is violent, but as spirit is nonviolent.

Nonviolence means an ocean of compassion. It means shedding from us every trace of ill will for others. It does not mean abjectness or timidity, or fleeing in fear. It means, on the contrary, firmness of mind and courage, a resolute spirit.

Unless our hands go hand in hand with our heads, we will be able to do nothing whatsoever.

The Indian struggle is not anti-British, it is anti-exploitation, anti-foreign rule, not anti-foreigners.