It's very dangerous to mix up the words natural and habitual. We have been trained to be quite habitual at communicating in ways that are quite unnatural.

Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being. Without interrelation with society he cannot realize his oneness with the universe or suppress his egotism. His social interdependence enables him to test his faith and to prove himself on the touchstone of reality.

I can no more preach nonviolence to a cowardly man than I can tempt a blind man to enjoy healthy scenes.

I would like to bury myself in an Indian village, preferably in a Frontier village.

I cannot give active support in the war effort without denying a life-time of practice.

My idea of society is that while we are born equal, meaning that we have a right to equal opportunity, all have not the same capacity.

Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacity.