Though violence is not lawful, when it is offered in self-defense or for the defense of the defenseless, it is an act of bravery far better than cowardly submission. The latter befits neither man nor woman. Under violence, there are many stages and varieties of bravery. Every man must judge this for himself. No other person can or has the right.

If that is the law of life we must work it out in daily exisitance. Wherever there are wars, wherever we are confronted with an opponent, conquer by love. I have found that the certain law of love has answered in my own life as the law of destruction has never done.

History is a record of perpetual wars, but we are now trying to make new history.

To reject the necessity of temples is to reject the necessity of God, religion and earthly existence.

By using violence to subjugate one another we are using violence against our own souls.

Unless we are able to evolve a spirit of mutual tolerance for diametrically opposite views, non co-operation is an impossibility.

Generosity consists not the sum given, but the manner in which it is bestowed