For thousands to do to death a few hundreds is no bravery. It is worse than cowardice. It is unworthy of nationalism, of any religion.

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.

To forgive is not to forget. The merit lies in loving in spite of the vivid knowledge that one that must be loved is not a friend. There is not merit in loving an enemy when you forget him for a friend.

A nation that is unfit to fight cannot, from experience, prove the virtue of not fighting.

It is my firm faith that man is by nature going higher.

The avowed policy of non-co-operation has been not to make political use of the disputes between labour and capital.

All my actions have their rise in my inalienable love of mankind.