We do not know the laws of God, nor their working.

Even the most despotic government cannot stand except for the consent of the governed.... Immediately the subject ceases to fear the despotic force, his power is gone.

Who can deny that much that passes for science and art today destroys the soul instead of uplifting it and instead of evoking the best in us, panders to our basest passions?

The only devils in the world are those running around in our own hearts - that is where the battle should be fought.

Undoubtedly, prayer requires a living faith in God. Successful satyagraha is inconceivable without that faith.

The central fact of Hinduism is cow protection.

I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honour than that she should, in a cowardly manner, become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonour. But I believe that nonviolence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment.