As the elephant is powerless to think in the terms of the ant, in spite of the best intentions in the world, even so is the Englishman powerless to think in the terms of, or legislate for, the Indian.

If what passed as nonviolence does not enable people to protect the honour of women, or if it does not enable women to protect their own honour, it is not nonviolence.

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

My non-violence bids me dedicate myself to the service of the minorities.

Mankind has to get out of violence only through non-violence.

My Hinduism must be a very poor thing if it cannot flourish even under the most adverse influence.

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?