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"... we have to learn to use that force (love) among all that lives, and in the use of it consists our knowledge of God. Where there is love there is life; hatred leads to destruction."
"... the true function of a lawyer was to unite parties driven asunder."
"Life becomes livable only to the extent that death is treated as a friend, never as an enemy."
"It is knowledge that ultimately gives salvation."
"It is possible for a single individual to defy the whole might of an unjust empire to save his honor, his religion, his soul and lay the foundation for the empire's fall or its regeneration."
"I implicitly believe in the truth of the saying that not a blade of grass moves but by His will. He will save it (my life) if He needs it for further service in this body. None can save it against His will."
"There are subjects where reason cannot take us far and we have to accept things on faith. Faith then does not contradict reason but transcends it. Faith is a kind of sixth sense which works in cases which are without the purview of reason."
"My commitment is to truth not consistency."
"Fear is not a disease of the body; fear kills the soul."
"So far as I can see, the atomic bomb has deadened the finest feeling that has sustained for ages. There used to be so-called laws of war, which made it tolerable. Now we know the truth. War knows no law except that of might. The atomic bomb brought an empty victory but it resulted for the time being in destroying the soul of Japan. What has happened to the soul of the destroying nation is yet too early to see."
"The real test of nonviolence lies in its being brought in contact with those who have contempt for it."
"What does it matter that we take different roads so long as we reach the same goal?"
"Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth and the soul requires inward restfulness to attain its full height."
"Freedom is like birth. Till we are fully free, we are slaves."
"A person who has truly realized the principle of nonviolence has the God given strength for his weapon, and the world has not yet known anything that can match it."
"If you approached people with trust and affection you would have ten-fold trust and thousand-fold."
"The only true resistance to this Government... [is] to cease to co-operate with it."
"All my actions have their rise in my inalienable love of mankind."
"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."
"Retreat itself is often a plan of resistance and may be a precursor of great bravery and sacrifice. Every retreat is not cowardice which implies fear to die."