The strength to kill is not essential for self-defense; one ought to have the strength to die. When a man is fully ready to die, he will not even desire to offer violence. Indeed, I may put it down as a self-evident proposition that the desire to kill is in inverse proportion to the desire to die. And history is replete with instances of men who by dying with courage and compassion on their lips converted the hearts of their violent opponents.

If we want Swaraj to be built on non-violence, we will have to give the villages their proper place.

Sickness is the result not only of our acts, but out thoughts also.

The process of learning should be as far as possible a pleasurable one and not laborious

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.

When the fear of jail disappears, repression puts heart into the people.

Prosecution of the constructive programme means constructing the structure of Swaraj.