One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.

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

Nothing depends upon the death of an individual, be he ever so great, but much depends upon the freedom of India.

Nonviolence and cowardice go ill together.

My faith in non-co-operation is as bright as ever.

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.

Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life.