Whoever is victor, there should be, after the war, a commonwealth of all nations.

Religions are not for separating men from one another, they are meant to bind them.

I believe in the absolute oneness of God and therefore of humanity. What though we have many bodies? We have but one soul. . . . I know God is neither in heaven nor down below, but in everyone.

Tolstoy's so-called inconsistencies were a sign of his development and his passionate regard for truth.

Nonviolence requires great patience.

There is no better way of industrializing the villages of India than the spinning wheel.

For a fallen India to aspire to move the world and protect the weaker races is seemingly an impertinence.