Non-violence should never be used as a shield for cowardice. It is a weapon for the brave.
What is wanted is a deliberate giving up of violence out of strength.
I could not be leading a religious life unless I identified myself with the whole of mankind, and that I could not do unless I took part in politics.
God answers prayer in His own way, not ours.
God turns His back on those who quarrel among themselves.
Religion is not what is grasped by the brain, but a heart grasp.
Does not the history of the world show that there would have been no romance in life if there had been no risks?
Indeed, one perfect resister is enough to win the battle of Right against Wrong.
Retreat itself is often a plan of resistance and may be a precursor of great bravery and sacrifice. Every retreat is not cowardice which implies fear to die.
Man does not live by bread alone. Many prefer self-respect to food.
Restraint never ruins one’s health.
Self-sacrifice of one innocent man is a million times more potent than the sacrifice of a million men who die in the act of killing others.
The willing sacrifice of the innocents is the most powerful retort to insolent tyranny that has yet to be conceived by God or man.
The music of life is in danger of being lost in the music of the voice.
Who can deny that much that passes for science and art today destroys the soul instead of uplifting it and instead of evoking the best in us, panders to our basest passions?
All sins are committed in secrecy. The moment we realize that God witnesses even our thoughts, we shall be free.
The chains of a slave are broken the moment he considers himself a free man.
A heart-felt prayer is not recitation with the lips. It is a yearning from within which expresses itself in every word, every act, nay every thought of people.
Truth and untruth often co-exist; good and evil often are found together.
Nonviolence is the law of the human race and is infinitely greater than, and superior to, brute force.