Monotony is the law of nature. Look at the monotonous manner in which the sun rises. The monotony of necessary occupation is exhilarating and life giving.

The more efficient a force is, the more silent and the more subtle it is.

A smattering of English is worse than useless; it is an unnecessary tax on our women.

God took and needed no personal service. He served His creatures without demanding any service for Himself in return.

I have not lost the hope that the masses will refuse to bow to the Moloch of war but they will rely upon their own capacity for suffering to save their country's honour.

We are constantly being astonished these days at the amazing discoveries in the field of violence. But I maintain that far more undreamt of and seemingly impossible discoveries will be made in the field of nonviolence.

Men in prison are "civilly dead" and have no claim to any say in policy.