I can no more preach nonviolence to a cowardly man than I can tempt a blind man to enjoy healthy scenes.

The time is fast coming when politicians will cease to fear the religion of humanity and humanitarians will find entrance into political life indispensable for full service.

Appreciation of nonviolence means patient research and still more patient and difficult practice.

Ahimsa can be practiced only towards those that are inferior to you in every way.

Love can never express itself by imposing sufferings on others. It can only express itself by self-suffering, by self-purification.

A perfect Muslim is he from whose tongue and hands mankind is safe.

I do not want my house to be rounded by walls and my windows to be closed to other cultures. I wish to become familiar with the culture of lands as much as possible but I will not permit them to affect me or shake me from my own status.