The strength to kill is not essential for self-defense; one ought to have the strength to die. When a man is fully ready to die, he will not even desire to offer violence. Indeed, I may put it down as a self-evident proposition that the desire to kill is in inverse proportion to the desire to die. And history is replete with instances of men who by dying with courage and compassion on their lips converted the hearts of their violent opponents.

For me the Voice of God, of Conscience, of Truth or the Inner Voice or the still small Voice mean one and the same thing.

No man has ever been able to describe God fully. The same holds true of ahimsa.

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.

The chains of a slave are broken the moment he considers himself a free man.

Civil disobedience is a stimulation for the fighters and a challenge to the opponent, in the present instance, authority.

When you practice a life of non-violence you no longer need seek the truth, the truth finds you.