The rishis, who discovered the law of nonviolence in the midst of violence, were greater geniuses than Newton.

A mind not set on God is given to wandering and lacks the quality of a temple of worship.

Death on the battlefield is welcome to a soldier.

Though violence is not lawful, when it is offered in self-defense or for the defense of the defenseless, it is an act of bravery far better than cowardly submission. The latter befits neither man nor woman. Under violence, there are many stages and varieties of bravery. Every man must judge this for himself. No other person can or has the right.

Indeed, a civil resister offers resistance only when peace becomes impossible.

To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.

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