Nonviolence and cowardice go ill together.

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

Painters and poets are obliged to exaggerate the proportions of their figures in order to give true perspective.

The spinning wheel is itself an exquisite piece of machinery. My head daily bows in reverence to its unknown inventor.

What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.

My optimism rests on my belief in the infinite possibilities of the individual to develop nonviolence. . . . In a gentle way you can shake the world.

Don't talk about it. The rose doesn't have to propagate its perfume. It just gives it forth, and people are drawn to it. Live it, and people will come to see the source of your power.