He was described by M. M. Thomas as one of the "Christians of the inner Gandhi circle" - which included non-Indians such as Charles Freer Andrews, Verrier Elwin and R. R. Keithahn, and Indians such as Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, S.K. George, Aryanayagam and B. Kumarappa, all of whom espoused the philosophy of non-violence.