I would beseech you not only to be pure beyond suspicion but I would ask you to combine with stainless purity, great wisdom and great ability.

Sorrow and suffering make for character if they are voluntarily borne, but not if they are imposed.

Truthful movements spontaneously attract to themselves all manner of pure and disinterested help.

I am a poor mendicant. My earthly possessions consist of six spinning wheels, prison dishes, a can of goat's milk, six homespun loincloths and towels and my reputation, which cannot be worth much.

It is open to a war resister to judge between the combatants and wish success to the one who has justice on his side. By so judging he is more likely to bring peace between the two than by remaining a mere spectator.

I shall despair when I despair of myself, of God and humanity.

Non-violence is the article of faith.