Nations are born out of travail and suffering

Destruction is not the law of humans. Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him. Every murder or other injury, no matter for what cause, committed or inflicted on another is a crime against humanity.

We are all very imperfect and weak things, and if we are to destroy all whose ways we do not like, there will be not a man left alive.

If one takes care of the means, the end will take care of itself.

The strength to kill is not essential for self-defense; one ought to have the strength to die. When a man is fully ready to die, he will not even desire to offer violence. Indeed, I may put it down as a self-evident proposition that the desire to kill is in inverse proportion to the desire to die. And history is replete with instances of men who by dying with courage and compassion on their lips converted the hearts of their violent opponents.

If we were to drive out the English with the weapons with which they enslaved us, our slavery would still be with us even when they have gone.

I would far rather that Hinduism died than that untouchability lived.