My religion and my patriotism derived from my religion, embrace all life.

Means to be means must always be within our reach, and so ahimsa is our supreme duty.

Contraceptive methods are like putting a premium on vice. It makes men and women reckless... As it is, man has sufficiently degraded woman for his lust, and [contraception] , no matter how well meaning the advocates may be, will still further degrade her.

Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.

Forgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love.

Man must choose either of the two courses, the upward or the downward; but as he has the brute in him, he will more easily choose the downward course than the upward, especially when the downward course is presented to him in a beautiful garb. Man easily capitulates when sin is presented in the garb of virtue.

Aggressive civil disobedience should be confined to a vindication of the right of free speech and free association.