When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit that our lives are all that really belong to us, so it is how we use our lives that determines what kind of men we are. It is my deepest belief that only by giving life do we find life, that the truest act courage, the strongest act of manliness is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally non-violent struggle for justice. To be a man is to suffer for others, God help us to be men.

If you win non-violently, then you have a double victory, you have not only won your fight, but you remain free.

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.

Every time we sit at a table at night or in the morning to enjoy the fruits and grain and vegetables from our good earth, remember that they come from the work of men and women and children who have been exploited for generations.

Our language is the reflection of ourselves.

The non-violent technique does not depend for its success on the goodwill of the oppressor, but rather on the unfailing assistance of God.