Non-violence exacts a very high price from one who practices it. But once you are able to meet that demand then you can do most things.

To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence.

However important the struggle is and however much misery and poverty and degradation exist, we know that it cannot be more important than one human life.

The only ones who make things change are fanatics. If you're not a fanatic around here, you can't cut it.

We are certain God's will is that all men share in the good things this earth produces.

The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.

These observations tie in directly with the whole question of organizing. Why do we have leaders? We put some people out in the fields and all of a sudden they hit, they click. Everyone's happy with them and they begin to move mountains. With other people there are problems and heartaches. They just don't go. When we look and see what's happening, almost invariably the differences are along the lines of willingness to sacrifice and work long hours.