That Nation Is Great Which

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.

There Is Nothing On Earth That I Would Not Give Up, Excepting Of Course, Two Things And Two Things Only, Truth And Nonviolence.

I Have In My Life Never Been Guilty Of Saying Things I Did Not Mean - My Nature Is To Go Straight To The Heart And If Often I Fail In Doing So For The Time Being, I Know That Truth Ultimately Makes Itself Heard And Felt, As It Has Often Done In My Experience.

India's Freedom Will Not Be Won By Violence But Only By The Purest Suffering Without Retaliation.

Conversion Without A Clean Heart Is A Denial Of God And Religion.