A person is bound to work in obedience to and in conformity to that person's own nature.
A nonviolent man cannot desire embarrassment.
To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.
A nonviolent warrior knows no leaving the battle. He rushes into the mouth of himsa, never even once harbouring an evil thought.
If treachery is the reward of trust, will the man who trusts come to harm?
God forbid that India should ever become a military nation, which would be a menace to the peace of the world, and yet if things went on as they were doing, what hope was there for India and, therefore, for the world?