My optimism rests on my belief in the infinite possibilities of the individual to develop nonviolence. . . . In a gentle way you can shake the world.

Truth is transcendent. There are many expressions of it and ways to glimpse it. We cannot hold it in our clenched fist, but must hold it in our open palm and invite others to see it for themselves.

When a man gives way to anger, he only harms himself.

The rishis, who discovered the law of nonviolence in the midst of violence, were greater geniuses than Newton.

Real power does not consist in the ability to inflict capital punishment upon the subjects, but in the will and the ability to protect the subjects against the world.

Everyone wants to be strong and self sufficient, but few are willing to put in the work necessary to achieve worthy goals.

The nation cannot be kept on the nonviolent path by violence.