If we know how much passive violence we perpetrate against one another, we will understand why there is so much physical violence plaguing societies and the world.

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

Ahimsa must be placed before everything else while it is professed. Then alone it becomes irresistible.

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

The strength to kill is not essential for self-defence; one ought to have the strength to die.

God is omnipresent; even a pebble in the Narmada can represent Him and serve as an object of worship.

What is truth? A difficult question; but I have solved it for myself by saying that it is what the 'voice within' tells you.