Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well with others.

Talk is cheap...It is the way we organize and use our lives everyday that tells what we believe in.

Grant me courage to serve others; For in service there is true life.

Non-violence is a very powerful weapon. Most people don't understand the power of non-violence and tend to be amazed by the whole idea. Those who have been involved in bringing about change and see the difference between violence and non-violence are firmly committed to a lifetime of non-violence, not because it is easy or because it is cowardly, but because it is an effective and very powerful way.

We need, in a special way, to work twice as hard to help people understand that animals are fellow creatures, that we must protect them and love them as we love ourselves...

This is the beginning of a social movement in fact and not in pronouncements. We seek our basic, God - given rights as human beings...We shall do it without violence because it is our destiny. To the growers and to all who oppose us, we say the words of Benito Juarez: `Respect for another's right is the meaning of peace.'

In 1968, I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry, and unhappy like we do.