Complete non-violence is complete absence of ill-will against all that lives. It therefore embraces even sub-human life, not excluding noxious insects and beasts. They have not been created to feed our destructive propensities. If we only knew the mind of the Creator, we should find their proper place in His creation.

At the centre of nonviolence is a force which is self-acting.

My work will be finished if I succeed in carrying conviction to the human family that every man or woman, however weak in body, is the guardian of his or her self-respect and liberty.

Love based upon indulgence of animal passion, is at best a selfish affair, and likely to snap under the slightest strain.

Healthy and nourishing food was the only alpha and omega of rural economy.

Possession of arms implies an element of fear, if not of cowardice.

Disobedience to be civil has to be open and nonviolent.