As the State is a soulless machine, it can never be weaned from violence to which it owes its very existence.

I see neither bravery nor sacrifice in destroying life or property, for offense or defense.

Independence means voluntary restraints and discipline, voluntary acceptance of the rule of law.

The real meaning of economic equality is "To each according to his need."

We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.

For me, humanitarian service, or rather service of all that lives, is religion. And I draw no distinction between such religion and politics.

Ethically they had arrived at the conclusion that man's supremacy over lower animals meant not that the former should prey upon the latter, but that the higher should protect the lower, and that there should be mutual aid between the two as between man and man. They had also brought out the truth that man eats not for enjoyment but to live.