Nonviolence Requires Great Patience.

We Do Not Know Whether It Is Good To Live Or To Die. Therefore, We Should Not Take Delight In Living, Nor Should We Tremble At The Thought Of Death. We Should Be Equiminded Towards Death. This Is The Ideal. It May Be Long Before We Reach It, And Only A Few Of Us Can Attain It. Even Then, We Must Keep It Constantly In View, And The More Difficult It Seems Of Attainment, The Greater Should Be The Effort We Put Forth.

That Which Looks For Mercy From An Opponent Is Not Non-violence.

Insistence On Truth Can Come Into Play When One Party Practices Untruth Or Injustice. Only Then Can Love Be Tested. True Friendship Is Put To The Test Only When One Party Disregards The Obligation Of Friendship.

God Of Truth And Justice Can Never Create Distinctions Of High And Low Among His Own Children.

A Government Builds Its Prestige Upon The Apparently Voluntary Association Of The Governed.