Active nonviolence of the brave puts to flight thieves, dacoits, murderers, and prepares an army of volunteers ready to sacrifice themselves in quelling riots, in extinguishing fires and feuds, and so on.

Even the most sublime ideas sound ridiculous if heard too often. Be the change that you want to see in the world.

I own no enemy on earth. That is my creed.

The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular.

I must refuse to believe that the Germans contemplate with equanimity the evacuation of cities like London for fear of destruction to be wrought by man's inhuman ingenuity.

The measure of a society can be how well its people treat its animals

An unjust law in itself is an act of violence.