The Attainment of freedom, whether for a person, a nation or a world, must be in exact proportion to the attainment of nonviolence for each

The propagation of truth and nonviolence can be done less by books than by actually living on those principles.

Buddha never rejected Hinduism, but he broadened its base. He gave it a new life and a new interpretation.

I care so deeply about this matter that I'm willing to take on the legal penalties, to sit in this prison cell, to sacrifice my freedom, in order to show you how deeply I care. Because when you see the depth of my concern, and how civil I am in going about this, you're bound to change your mind about me, to abandon your rigid, unjust position, and to let me help you see the truth of my cause.

Ill-digested principles are, if anything, worse than ill-digested food, for the latter harms the body and there is cure for it, whereas the former ruins the soul and there is no cure for it.

I cannot give active support in the war effort without denying a life-time of practice.

True suffering does not know itself and never calculates.