God lives, but not as we. His creatures live but to die. But God is life. Therefore, goodness is not an attribute. Goodness is God.

All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul.

Sorrow and suffering make for character if they are voluntarily borne, but not if they are imposed.

If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty.

Cow-protection can only be secured by cultivating universal friendliness, i.e. ahimsa.

What has appealed to me most in Tolstoy's life is that he practiced what he preached and reckoned no cost too great in his pursuit of truth.

Nonviolence being the mightiest force in the world and also the most elusive in its working, demands the greatest exercise of faith.