What senseless violence does is to prolong the lease of life of the British or foreign rule.
Our nonviolence vis-?-vis the British Government has been the nonviolence of the weak.
I believe in the capacity of India to offer nonviolent battle to the English rulers.
The builders of the British Indian Empire have patiently built its four pillars-the European interests, the army, the Indian princes and the communal divisions.
The collectors of revenue and the policeman are the only symbols by which millions in India’s villages know British rule.
It was not through democratic methods that Britain bagged India.
For my own part, I do not want the freedom of India if it means extinction of English or the disappearance of Englishmen.
It is derogatory to the dignity of mankind, it is derogatory to the dignity of India, to entertain for one single moment hatred towards Englishmen.
If you must kill English officials, why not kill me instead?
I am just not thinking of India’s deliverance. It will come, but will it be worth if England and France fall, or if they come out victorious over Germany ruined and humbled?
I claim to have been a lifelong and wholly disinterested friend of the British people.
My attitude towards the British is one of utter friendliness and respect.
I may fight the British ruler, but I do not hate the English or their language. In fact, I appreciate their literary treasures.
A faith gained in strength only when people were willing to lay down their lives for it.
Faith is like the Himalaya mountains which cannot possibly change.
Robust faith in oneself and brave trust of the opponent, so called or real, is the best safeguard.
If you have faith in the cause and the means and in God, the hot sun will be cool for you.
It is poor faith that needs fair weather for standing firm. That alone is true faith that stands the foulest weather.
Nothing can be more hurtful to an honourable man than that he should be accused of bad faith.
Work without faith is like an attempt to reach the bottom of a bottomless pit.