A dissolute character is more dissolute in thought than in deed. And the same is true of violence. Our violence in word and deed is but a feeble echo of the surging violence of thought in us.

I may fight the British ruler, but I do not hate the English or their language. In fact, I appreciate their literary treasures.

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.

A convert's enthusiasm for his new religion is greater than that of a person who is born in it.

Being dissatisfied and properly dissatisfied with the husk of Hinduism, you are in danger of losing even the kernel, life itself.

Whatever strength the masses have is due entirely to ahimsa, however imperfect or defective its practice might have been.

It is much more difficult to live for nonviolence than to die for it.