It is a sad thing that our schoolboys look upon manual labour with disfavour, if not contempt.

No confirmed satyagrahi is dismayed by dangers, seen or unseen, from his opponent's side.

The hater hates not for the sake of hatred but because he wants to drive away from his country the hated being or beings.

Democracy demands patient instruction on it before legislation.

A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.

Proved right should be capable of being vindicated by right means as against the rude i.e. sanguinary means. Man may and should shed his own blood for establishing what he considers to be his right. He may not shed the blood of his opponent who disputes his 'right'.

Whilst I may not actually help anyone to retaliate, I must not let a coward seek shelter behind nonviolence so-called. Not knowing the stuff of which nonviolence is made, many have honestly believed that running away from danger every time was a virtue compared to offering resistance, especially when it was fraught with danger to one's life. As a teacher of nonviolence I must, so far as it is possible for me, guard against such an unmanly belief.