At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.

Unarmed love is the most powerful force in all the world.

I came to the conclusion that there is an existential moment in your life when you must decide to speak for yourself; nobody else can speak for you.

The self cannot be self without other selves.

There's something about love that builds up and is creative. There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive. So love your enemies.

Love is creative and redemptive. Love builds up and unites; hate tears down and destroys. The aftermath of the ‘fight with fire’ method...is bitterness and chaos, the aftermath of the love method is reconciliation and creation of the beloved community...Yes , love-which means understanding, creative, redemptive goodwill, even for one’s enemies-is the solution

I think that we must face the fact that in reality, you cannot have economic and political equality without having some form of social equality. I think this is inevitable.