I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness, is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally nonviolent struggle for justice. To be a man is to suffer for others. God help us to be men!

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

We are suffering. We have suffered. And we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause.

Non-violence is very weak in the theoretical sense; it cannot defend itself. But it is most powerful in the action situation where people are using non-violence because they want desperately to bring about some change. Non-violence in action is a very potent force and it can't be stopped. The people who are struggling have the complete say-so. No man-made law, no human ruler, no army can destroy this. There is no way it can be destroyed... And so, if we have the capacity to endure, if we have the patience, things will change.

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you their heart.

Years of misguided teaching have resulted in the destruction of the best in our society, in our cultures and in the environment.

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