Peace is unattained by part performance of conditions, even as a chemical combination is impossible without complete fulfillment of the conditions of attainment thereof.

Disobedience that is wholly civil should never provoke retaliation.

True paurusha, true bravery, consists in driving out the brute in us.

There is no fundamental cleavage between Hindus and Mussalmans. We have lived in the same land as brothers for generations and what has been possible all these years will certainly be possible in the future.

It is beneath human dignity to lose one's individuality and become a mere cog in the machine.

The movement of nonviolent non-co-operation has nothing in common with the historical struggles for freedom in the West.

If we are to stand the final heat of the battle, we must learn to stand our ground in the face of cavalry or baton charges and allow ourselves to be trampled under horses' hooves, or be bruised with baton charges.