A slave-holder cannot hold a slave without putting himself or his deputy in the cage for holding the slave.

Responsibility will mellow and sober the youth and prepare them, for the burden they must discharge.

Prayer is an impossibility without a living faith in the presence of God within.

I hold flesh-food to be unsuited to our species. We err in copying the lower animal world if we are superior to it.

If blood be shed, let it be our own. Let us cultivate the calm courage to die without killing.

Nonviolence succeeds only when we have a real living faith in God.

It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.