We are less than atoms, I say, because the atom obeys the law of its being, whereas we in the insolence of our ignorance deny the law of nature. But I have no argument to address to those who have no faith.

Faith is not imparted like secular subjects. It is given through the language of the heart.

Civil disobedience can never be in general terms, such as for independence.

There is not a moment when I do not feel the presence of a Witness whose eye misses nothing and with whom I strive to keep in tune.

I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.

My opposition to the socialist and the other consists in attacking violence as a means of effecting any lasting reform.

I believe in the doctrine of non-violence as a weapon of the weak. I believe in the doctrine of non-violence as a weapon of the strongest. I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.