Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive.

There can be no friendship between cowards, or cowards and brave men.

My patriotism is not an exclusive thing. It is all embracing. The conception of my patriotism is nothing if it is not always, in every case, without exception, consistent with the broadest good of humanity at large.

My life is an indivisible whole, and all my attitudes run into one another; and they all have their rise in my insatiable love for mankind.

The end of nonviolent 'war' is always an agreement, never dictation, much less humiliation of the opponent.

May not men earn their bread by intellectual labor? No, the needs of the body must be supplied by the body.

A nonviolent action accompanied by nonviolence in thought and word should never produce enduring violent reaction upon the opponent.