Many persons claiming different faiths make us one and an indivisible nation. All these have an equal claim to be the nationals of India.

So long as untouchability disfigures Hinduism, so long do I hold the attainment of Swaraj to be an utter impossibility.

Touch-me-notism that disfigures the present day Hinduism is a morbid growth.

Nonviolence becomes meaningless if violence is permitted for self-defence.

A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.

Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph: a beginning, a struggle, and a victory.

My opposition to the socialist and the other consists in attacking violence as a means of effecting any lasting reform.