For thousands to do to death a few hundreds is no bravery. It is worse than cowardice. It is unworthy of nationalism, of any religion.
Active nonviolence of the brave puts to flight thieves, dacoits, murderers, and prepares an army of volunteers ready to sacrifice themselves in quelling riots, in extinguishing fires and feuds, and so on.
There can be no friendship between cowards, or cowards and brave men.
A straight fight in an equal battle takes some bravery, but braver is he who, knowing that he would have to sacrifice ninety-five as against five of the enemy, faces death.
Character alone will have real effect on the masses.
What will tell in the end will be character and not a knowledge of letters.
Sorrow and suffering make for character if they are voluntarily borne, but not if they are imposed.
The real property that a parent can transmit to all equally is his or her character and educational facilities.
A vow imparts stability, ballast and firmness to one’s character.
Once Jesus had blazed the trail, his twelve disciples could carry on his mission without his presence.
Jesus never uttered a loftier or a grander truth than when he said that wisdom cometh out of the mouths of babes.
Jesus, to me, is a great world teacher among others.
The message of Jesus has proved ineffective because the environment was unready to receive it.
It is a first class human tragedy that people of the earth who claim to believe in the message of Jesus, whom they describe as the Prince of Peace, show little of that belief in actual practice.
If I had to face only the Sermon on the Mount and my own interpretation of it, I should not hesitate to say, ‘O yes, I am a Christian.’
I love Christianity, Islam and many other faiths – through Hinduism.
The Allah of Islam is the same as the God of Christians and the Ishwar of Hindus.
Civil disobedience can never be in general terms, such as for independence.
Civil disobedience is a stimulation for the fighters and a challenge to the opponent, in the present instance, authority.
Civil disobedience presupposes willing obedience of our self-imposed rules, and without it civil disobedience would be a cruel joke.