I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.

My plea is for banishing the English language as a cultural usurper, as we successfully banished the political rule of the English usurper.

Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute.

Aggressive civil disobedience should be confined to a vindication of the right of free speech and free association.

Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute. The spirit lies dormant in the brute, and he knows no law but that of physical might. The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher laws - to the strength of the spirit.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

No Swaraj government with any pretension to being a popular government can possibly be organised and maintained on a war-footing.