Political power means the capacity to regulate national life through national representatives.

The socialistic conception of the West was born in an environment reeking with violence.

My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.

Prayer has been the saviour of my life. Without it I should have been a lunatic long ago.

Self-sacrifice of one innocent man is a million times more potent than the sacrifice of a million men who die in the act of killing others.

So far as I can see, the atomic bomb has deadened the finest feeling that has sustained for ages. There used to be so-called laws of war, which made it tolerable. Now we know the truth. War knows no law except that of might. The atomic bomb brought an empty victory but it resulted for the time being in destroying the soul of Japan. What has happened to the soul of the destroying nation is yet too early to see.

We may never be strong enough to be entirely non-violent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep non-violence as our goal and make steady progress towards it.