It may be long before the law of love will be recognised in international affairs. The machineries of government stand between and hide the hearts of one people from those of another.

For me to dominate the Congress in spite of these fundamental differences is almost a species of violence which I must refrain from.

I have found by experience that man makes his plans to be upset by God, but, at the same time, where the ultimate goal is the search of truth, on matter how a man's plans are frustrated the issue is never injurious and often better than anticipated.

If there is violence, it will certainly be crushed because violence can only end in a disgraceful rout.

So far as I can see, the atomic bomb has deadened the finest feeling that has sustained for ages. There used to be so-called laws of war, which made it tolerable. Now we know the truth. War knows no law except that of might. The atomic bomb brought an empty victory but it resulted for the time being in destroying the soul of Japan. What has happened to the soul of the destroying nation is yet too early to see.

At the centre of nonviolence is a force which is self-acting.

To retaliate against the relatives of the co-religionists of the wrong-doer is a cowardly act.