Leo Tolstoy's life has been devoted to replacing the method of violence for removing tyranny or securing reform by the method of non­resistance to evil. He would meet hatred expressed in violence by love expressed in self­suffering.

I may not unnerve myself while I can struggle against evil.

Be the change you're trying to create

I love Christianity, Islam and many other faiths - through Hinduism.

Hatred is never overcome by hatred but by love.

Civil disobedience is not only the natural right of a people, especially when they have no effective voice in their own Government, but that it is also a substitute for violence or armed rebellion.

I eat to live, to serve, and also, if it so happens, to enjoy, but I do not eat for the sake of enjoyment.