If An Enemy Strikes Your Left Cheek,

The Way Of Peace Is The Way Of Truth. Truthfulness Is Even More Important Than Peacefulness.

In The Secret Of My Heart I Am In Perpetual Quarrel With God That He Should Allow Such Things [as The War] To Go On. My Non-violence Seems Almost Impotent. But The Answer Comes At The End Of The Daily Quarrel That Neither God Nor Non-violence Is Impotent. Impotence Is In Men. I Must Try On Without Losing Faith Even Though I May Break In The Attempt.

If India Won Her Freedom Through Truth And Non-violence, India Would Not Only Point The Way To All The Exploited Asiatic Nations, She Would Become A Torch-bearer For The Negro Races.

If We Are Nonviolent Through And Through, Our Nonviolence Would Have Been Self-evident.

Nonviolence Is The Law Of Our Species As Violence Is The Law Of The Brute. The Spirit Lies Dormant In The Brute, And He Knows No Law But That Of Physical Might. The Dignity Of Man Requires Obedience To A Higher Laws - To The Strength Of The Spirit.