To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within the soul.

Nonviolence is an unchangeable creed. It has to be pursued even in face of violence raging around you.

Civil disobedience is the only nonviolent escape from the soul-destroying heat of violence.

Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy.

There goes my people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.

One may detest the wickedness of a brother without hating him.

If the poet spun for half an hour daily, his poetry would gain in richness.