A satyagrahi lays down his life, but never gives up. That is the meaning of the 'do or die' slogan.
He is no God who merely satisfies the intellect, if He ever does.
Pure motives can never justify impure or violent action.
Self-realization is the object of the Gita, as it is of all scriptures.
The outward freedom that we shall attain will only be in exact proportion to the inward freedom to which we may have grown at a given moment. And if this is a correct view of freedom, our chief energy must be concentrated on achieving reform from within.
It is poor faith that needs fair weather for standing firm. That alone is true faith that stands the foulest weather.