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

Nonviolence does not admit of running away from danger... . Between violence and cowardly flight I can only prefer violence to cowardice.

Satyagraha, of which civil resistance is but a part, is to me the universal law of life.

Modern civilization has taught us to convert night into day and golden silence into brazen din and noise.

The greatness of a person lies in his heart, not in his head; that is intellect.

My national service is part of my training for freeing my soul from the bondage of the flesh.

We have no evidence whatsoever that the soul perishes with the body.