The spirit of non-violence necessarily leads to humility. Non-violence means reliance on God, the rock of ages. If we would seek his aid, we must approach Him with a humble and contrite heart.

I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of God’s creation, woman, the object of our lust.

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

I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any. I refuse to live in other people’s houses as an interloper, a beggar or a slave.

Non-cooperation is directed not against men but against measures. It is not directed against the Govenors, but against the system they administer. The roots of non-cooperation lie not in hatred but in justice, if not in love.

Even as wisdom often comes from the mouths of babes, so does it often comes from the mouths of old people. The golden rule is to test everything in the light of reason and experience, no matter from where it comes.

As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality. Man, for instance, cannot be untruthful, cruel or incontinent and claim to have God on his side.