Nonviolence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.
Force, violence, pressure, or compulsion with a view to conformity, are both uncivilized and undemocratic.
Poverty is the best form of violence.
If I had no sense of humour, I would have committed suicide a long time ago.
Capital as suh is not evil; It is it’s wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
Ill-digested principles are, if anything, worse than ill-digested food, for the latter harms the body and there is cure for it, whereas the former ruins the soul and there is no cure for it.
The best find yourelf is in the service of others.
Suffering cheerfully endured ceases to be suffering and is transmuted into ineffable joy.
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.
Morality is contraband in war.