Fear is not a disease of the body; fear kills the soul.

They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then they will have my dead body, but not my obedience.

Assumption of superiority by any person over any other is a sin against God and man.

The common factor of all religions is nonviolence.

Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in its corruption and lawlessness.

I do not want any patronage, as I do not give any. I am a lover of my own liberty, and so I would do nothing to restrict yours. I simply want to please my own conscience which is God.

The religion of nonviolence is not meant merely for therishis and saints.