If my nonviolence is to be contagious and infectious, I must acquire greater control over my thoughts.

Real power does not consist in the ability to inflict capital punishment upon the subjects, but in the will and the ability to protect the subjects against the world.

How heavy is the toll of sins and wrong that wealth, power and prestige exact from man.

Man is sent into the world to perform his duty even at the cost of his life.

I believe in the absolute oneness of God and, therefore, also of humanity. I have always believed God to be without form. What I did hear was like a Voice from afar, and yet quite near.

Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself

Self-restraint is the very keystone of the ethics of vow-taking.