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

To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within the soul.

Does not the history of the world show that there would have been no romance in life if there had been no risks?

No police or military in the world can protect people who are cowards.

I see a clear breach of ahimsa even in driving away monkeys; the breach would be proportionately greater if they have to be killed.

I do not want a kingdom, or heaven; what I want is to remove the trouble of the oppressed, the poor, and the needy.

It is open to a war resister to judge between the combatants and wish success to the one who has justice on his side. By so judging he is more likely to bring peace between the two than by remaining a mere spectator.