No religion taught man to kill fellowmen because he held different opinions or was of another religion.

They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.

Nonviolence means an ocean of compassion. It means shedding from us every trace of ill will for others. It does not mean abjectness or timidity, or fleeing in fear. It means, on the contrary, firmness of mind and courage, a resolute spirit.

Study men following the law of their higher nature, the law of love, so that when you grow to manhood, you will have improved your heritage.

I believe that there is no prayer without fasting, and there is no real fast without prayer.

Animal experimentation is the blackest of all the black crimes that a man is at present committing... We should be able to refuse to live if the price of living be the torture of sentient beings... I abhor [animal] experimentation with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence... The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

I would like to bury myself in an Indian village, preferably in a Frontier village.