It is necessary to correct the error that vegetarianism has made us weak in mind, or passive or inert in action. I do not regard flesh-food as necessary at any stage

There is no 'as far as possible' on the question of untouchability. If it is to go, it must go in its entirety from the temples as from everywhere else.

A jailer is as much a prisoner as his prisoner.

That I want to destroy British imperialism is another matter, but I want to do so by converting those who are associated with it.

This feeling of helplessness in us has arisen from our deliberate dismissal of God from our common affairs.

The force of nonviolence is infinitely more wonderful and subtle than the material forces of nature, like electricity.

It is the law of love that rules mankind. Had violence, i.e. hate, rules us we would have become extinct long ago. And yet, the tragedy of it is that the so-called civilised men and nations conduct themselves as if the basis of society was violence.