Far better than emasculation would be the bravery of those who use physical force. Far better than cowardice would be meeting one's death fighting.

Truth (satya) is positive, nonviolence is negative.

I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.

Non-violence is the article of faith.

Love requires that true education should be easily accessible to all and should be of use to every villager in this daily life. The emphasis laid on the principle of spending every minute of one's life usefully is the best education for citizenship.

Birth and death are not two different states, but they are different aspects of the same state.

Democracy comes naturally to him who is habituated normally to yield willing obedience to all laws, human or divine.