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 own no enemy on earth. That is my creed.

The need of the moment is not one religion, but mutual respect and tolerance of the devotees of the different religions.

You will eat not to satisfy your palate but your hunger. A self-indulgent man lives to eat; a self-restrained man eats to live.

I am a man of peace. I believe in peace. But I do not want peace at any price.

There is no time limit for a satyagrahi nor is there a limit to his capacity for suffering.

My trust is solely in God. And I trust men only because I trust God. If I had no God to rely upon, I should be like Timon, a hater of my species.