That which impels man to do the right thing is God.

It is necessary first to purify the drunken and dissolute worshippers in charge of some of these temples.

There is nothing on earth that I would not give up, excepting of course, two things and two things only, truth and nonviolence.

It is nature's kindness that we do not remember past births. Life would be a burden if we carried such a tremendous load of memories.

As the State is a soulless machine, it can never be weaned from violence to which it owes its very existence.

Whilst I may not actually help anyone to retaliate, I must not let a coward seek shelter behind nonviolence so-called. Not knowing the stuff of which nonviolence is made, many have honestly believed that running away from danger every time was a virtue compared to offering resistance, especially when it was fraught with danger to one's life. As a teacher of nonviolence I must, so far as it is possible for me, guard against such an unmanly belief.

Between the two, the nationalist and the imperialist, there is no meeting ground.