I do not regard flesh-food as necessary for us at any stage and under any clime in which it is possible for human beings ordinarily to live, I hold flesh-food to be unsuited to our species.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

I believe it to be perfectly possible for an individual to adopt the way of life of the future. . . without having to wait for others to do so.

Ours is a civil fight, and imprisonment as a civil prisoner has got to be earned by the strict observance of the programme.

To bear all kinds of tortures without a murmur of resentment is not possible for a human being without the strength that comes from God.

A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.

Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.