I Must Try To Live In Society

Let No One Charge Me With Ever Having Abused Or Encouraged Weakness Or Surrendered On Matters Of Principle. But I Have Said, As I Say Again, That Every Trifle Must Not Be Dignified Into A Principle.

We Do Not Know Whether It Is Good To Live Or To Die. Therefore, We Should Not Take Delight In Living, Nor Should We Tremble At The Thought Of Death. We Should Be Equiminded Towards Death. This Is The Ideal. It May Be Long Before We Reach It, And Only A Few Of Us Can Attain It. Even Then, We Must Keep It Constantly In View, And The More Difficult It Seems Of Attainment, The Greater Should Be The Effort We Put Forth.

Those Who Are Truthful, Nonviolent And Brave Do Not Cease To Be So Because Of The Stupidity Of Their Leader.

Whilst I May Not Actually Help Anyone To Retaliate, I Must Not Let A Coward Seek Shelter Behind Nonviolence So-called. Not Knowing The Stuff Of Which Nonviolence Is Made, Many Have Honestly Believed That Running Away From Danger Every Time Was A Virtue Compared To Offering Resistance, Especially When It Was Fraught With Danger To One's Life. As A Teacher Of Nonviolence I Must, So Far As It Is Possible For Me, Guard Against Such An Unmanly Belief.

I Invite Even The School Of Violence To Give This Peaceful Non-co-operation A Trial.