The Attainment Of National Independence

Such Expression Is Impossible In A Cramped Atmosphere. As I Have No Desire To Offer Civil Disobedience I Cannot Write Freely. As The Author Of Satyagraha I Cannot, Consistently With My Profession, Suppress The Vital Part Of Myself For The Sake Of Being Able To Write On Permissible Subjects. ... It Would Be Like Dealing With The Trunk Without The Head.

I Believe It To Be Perfectly Possible For An Individual To Adopt The Way Of Life Of The Future. . . Without Having To Wait For Others To Do So.

We Cry For Cow Protection In The Name Of Religion, But We Refuse Protection To The Human Cow In The Shape Of The Girl-widow.

A Certain Degree Of Physical Harmony And Comfort Is Necessary, But Above A Certain Level It Becomes A Hindrance Instead Of A Help. Therefore The Ideal Of Creating An Unlimited Number Of Wants And Satisfying Them Seems To Be A Delusion And A Snare.

I Do Believe That, Where There Is Only A Choice Between Cowardice And Violence, I Would Advise Violence. I Would Rather Have India Resort To Arms In Order To Defend Her Honour Than That She Should, In A Cowardly Manner, Become Or Remain A Helpless Witness To Her Own Dishonour. But I Believe That Nonviolence Is Infinitely Superior To Violence, Forgiveness Is More Manly Than Punishment.