Nonviolence is a quality not of the body but of the soul.

I become more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of Hussein, the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers and his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle.

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

I'm a lover of my own liberty, and so I would do nothing to restrict yours.

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

The wise are unaffected either by death or life. These are but faces of the same coin.

Education in the understanding of citizenship is a short-term affair if we are honest and earnest.