I am not fighting machinery as such, but the madness of thinking that machinery saves labor. Men save labor until thousands of them are without work and die of hunger on the streets. I want to secure employment and livelihood not only to part of the human race, but for all. I will not have the enrichment of a few at the expense of the community. At present the machine is helping a small minority to live on the exploitation of the masses. The motive force of this minority is not humanity or love of their kind, but greed and avarice.

You can't shake hands with a closed fist.

All religions were, at bottom, one, though they differed in detail and outward form like the leaves on a tree.

Truth and nonviolence are perhaps the activest forces you have in the world.

The earth has enough resources for our need, but not for our greed.

Journalism should never be prostituted for selfish ends or for the sake of merely earning a livelihood or, worse still, for amassing money.

Non-cooperation is a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for the opposite views.