"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."

"I am a 'Bania'. I am a 'Vaishya'. I am a 'Shudra'. I am an 'Untouchable'."

"The blacks are as a rule uncivilized—the convicts even more so. They are troublesome, very dirty, and live almost like animals."

"It is not the British I hate, it is the British system I hate."

"I have been a barrister, a journalist, a nurse, a stretcher-bearer, a scavenger, and what not."