True ahimsa lay in running into the mouth of himsa.

To kill these (rabid) dogs, in my opinion, amount to himsa, but I believe it to be inevitable if we are to escape much greater himsa.

Never has man reached his destination by persistence in deviation from the straight path.

Islam stands for the unity and brotherhood of mankind, and not for disrupting the oneness of the human family.

Whenever I see an erring man, I say to myself I have also erred; when I see a lustful man I say to myself, so was I once; and in this way I feel kinship with everyone in the world and feel that I cannot be happy without the humblest of us being happy.

By ahimsa we will be able to save the cow and also win the friendship of the English.

The renunciation of the Gita is the acid test of faith.