Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

Peace will not come out of a clash of arms but out of justice lived and done by unarmed nations in the face of odds.

We stand on the threshold of a twilight-whether morning or evening we do not know. One is followed by the night, the other heralds the dawn.

I can no more preach nonviolence to a cowardly man than I can tempt a blind man to enjoy healthy scenes.

It is the law of love that rules mankind. Had violence, i.e. hate, rules us we would have become extinct long ago. And yet, the tragedy of it is that the so-called civilised men and nations conduct themselves as if the basis of society was violence.

Real non-co-operation is non-co-operation with evil and not with the evil-doer.

According to the letter of the Gita, it is possible to say that warfare is consistent with renunciation of fruit.