Nonviolence has come among men and it will live. It is the harbinger of the peace of the world.

Man and his deed are two distinct things. Whereas a good deed should call forth approbation and a wicked deed dis-approbation, the doer of the deed, whether good or wicked always deserves respect or pity as the case may be. Hate the sin and not the sinner is a precept which though easy enough to understand is rarely practised, and that is why the poison of hatred spreads in the world.

Nothing can be more hurtful to an honourable man than that he should be accused of bad faith.

Woman is more fitted than man to make explorations and take bolder action in ahimsa.

He who trusts has never yet lost in the world. A suspicious man is lost to himself and the eworld.... Suspicion is of the brood of violence. Non-violence cannot but trust...

To a man with an empty stomach food is God

It is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the scriptures of the world. If we are to respect others' religions as we would have them respect our own, a friendly study of the world's religions is a sacred duty.

No man could be actively nonviolent and not rise against social injustice, no matter where it occurred.

Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.