The Attainment Of National Independence Is To

Mere Mental, That Is, Intellectual Labour, Is For The Soul And Has Its Own Satisfaction.

Nonviolence In The Sense Of Mere Non-killing Does Not Appear To Me, Therefore, To Be Of Any Improvement On The Technique Of Violence.

Real Suffering Bravely Borne, Melts Even A Heart Of Stone. Such Is The Potency Of Suffering. And There Lies The Key To Satyagraha.

The Hardest Metal Yields To Sufficient Heat. Even So Must The Hardest Heart Melt Before Sufficiency Of The Heat Of Non- Violence. And There Is No Limit To The Capacity Of Non-violence To Generate Heat.

A Labourer Cannot Sit At The Table And Write, But A Man Who Has Worked At The Table All His Life Can Certainly Take To Physical Labour.