It is my unmistakable belief that not a blade of grass moves but by the divine will.

Indeed, a civil resister offers resistance only when peace becomes impossible.

I still believe that man, not having been given the power of creation, does not posses the right of destroying the meanest creature that lives. The perogative of destruction belongs solely to the Creator of all that lives.

There would be nothing to frighten you if you refused to be afraid.

Truth has drawn me into the field of politics; and I can say without the slightest hesitation, and yet in all humility, that those who say that religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion means.

We may never be strong enough to be entirely non-violent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep non-violence as our goal and make steady progress towards it.

Today the cities dominate and drain the villages so that they are crumbling to ruin.