The golden rule is to act fearlessly upon what one believes to be right.

Study men laying down their lives without hurting anyone else in the cause of their country's freedom.

The saving of labour of the individual should be the object and honest humanitarian considerations, and not greed, the motive.

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says that violence should be resisted not by counter-violence but by nonviolence. This I do by breaking the law and by peacefully submitting to arrest and imprisonment.

A plea for the spinning wheel is a plea for recognizing the dignity of labour.

Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.

A national spirit is necessary for national existence. A flag is a material aid to the development of such a spirit.