All religions teach that two opposite forces act upon us and the human endeavour consists in a series of eternal rejections and acceptances.

No nation being under another nation can accept gifts, and kick at the responsibility attached to those gifts, imposed by the conquering nation.

Though violence is not lawful, when it is offered in self-defense or for the defense of the defenseless, it is an act of bravery far better than cowardly submission. The latter befits neither man nor woman. Under violence, there are many stages and varieties of bravery. Every man must judge this for himself. No other person can or has the right.

Fasting and prayer are common injunctions in my religion.

War with all its glorification of brute force is essentially a degrading thing.

It is the acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancor left behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

We have to be the change we want in the world.