A vow imparts stability, ballast and firmness to one's character.

To double your successes, you might have to double your failure rate.

True education must correspond to the surrounding circumstances or it is not a healthy growth.

The truth is that cowardice itself is violence of a subtle type and therefore dangerous and far more difficult to eradicate than the habit of physical violence.

Before civil disobedience can be practised on a vast scale, people must learn the art of civil or voluntary obedience.

I have known many meat eaters to be far more nonviolent than vegetarians.

I contend that non-violent acts exert pressure far more effective than violent acts, for the pressure comes from goodwill and gentleness.