Our separation from each other is an optical illusion.

I believe that Gandhi’s views were the most enlightened of all the political men in our time. We should strive to do things in his spirit: not to use violence in fighting for our cause, but by non-participation in anything you believe is evil.

My internal and external life depend so much on the work of others that I must make an extreme effort to give as much as I receive.

Hunger, love, pain, fear are some of those inner forces which rule the individual's instinct for self preservation.

So I am living without fats, without meat, without fish, but am feeling quite well this way. It always seems to me that man was not born to be a carnivore.

The armament industry is indeed one of the greatest dangers that beset mankind. It is the hidden evil power.

How vile and despicable war seems to me! I would rather be hacked to pieces than take part in such an abominable business.