I find a solace a in the Bhagavadgita and Upanishads that I miss even in the Sermon on the Mount.

The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice.

Had we adopted non-violence as the weapon of the strong, because we realised that it was more effective than any other weapon, in fact the mightiest force in the world, we would have made use of its full potency and not have discarded it as soon as the fight against the British was over or we were in a position to wield conventional weapons. But as I have already said, we adopted it out of our helplessness. If we had the atom bomb, we would have used it against the British.

Even a believer in nonviolence has to say between two combatants which is less bad or whose cause is just.

I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.

I find that we are all such sinners that it is better to leave the judging to God.

They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.