Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free.

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

The people who give you their food give you their heart.

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

The love for justice that is in us is not only the best part of our being but it is also the most true to our nature.

...the workers aren't going to stop struggling. They're going to struggle to have a union and they have the right to have it. The police repression and the grower indifference to the workers' demands for recognition cannot go unheard so we're going to keep on struggling until we get that recognition.

We are convinced that non-violence is more powerful than violence. We are convinced that non-violence supports you if you have a just and moral cause...If you use violence, you have to sell part of yourself for that violence. Then you are no longer a master of your own struggle.