Civilization is the encouragement of differences.

The Britisher is the top dog and the Indian the underdog in his own country.

The real test of nonviolence lies in its being brought in contact with those who have contempt for it.

My notion of democracy is that under it the weakest shall have the same opportunities as the strongest... no country in the world today shows any but patronizing regard for the weak... Western democracy, as it functions today, is diluted fascism... true democracy cannot be worked by twenty men sitting at the center. It has to be worked from below, by the people of every village.

Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.

Ahimsa was preached to man when he was in full vigor of life and able to look his adversaries straight in the face.

Men aspiring to be free can hardly think of enslaving others.