Destruction of the churches and the like is not the way to Swaraj as defined by the Congress.

I do regard Islam to be a religion of peace in the same sense as Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism are.

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.

Dharma is that which is enjoined by the holy books, followed by the sages, interpreted by the learned and which appeals to the heart.

Our nonviolence in respect of the Government is a result of our incapacity for effective violence.

It would be a sad day for India if it has to inherit the English scale and the English tastes so utterly unsuitable to the Indian environment.

What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.