Non-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it.

Violence just hurts those who are already hurt...Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it.

In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.

From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.

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...

The basis for peace is respecting all creatures.

Do not romanticize the poor...We are all people, human beings subject to the same temptations and faults as all others. Our poverty damages our dignity.