I must declare that it is better for India do discard violence altogether even for defending her borders.

Of what avail is my love if it be only so long as I trust my friend?

I cannot in all conscience agree to anyone being sent to the gallows. God alone can take life because He alone gives it . . .

Non-cooperation is beyond the reach of the bayonet. It has found an abiding place in the Indian heart. Workers like me will go when the hour has struck, but non-cooperation will remain.

I well remember how the thoughts I had up to the time of my discharge from the jail on every occasion were modified immediately after discharge, and after getting first-hand information myself. Somehow or other the jail atmosphere does not allow you to have all the bearings in your mind.

I am a Christian and a Hindu and a Muslim and a Jew.

The measure of a society can be how well its people treat its animals