"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."

"The only way to live is to let live."

"The very first step in nonviolence is that we cultivate in our daily life, as between ourselves, truthfulness, humility, tolerance and loving kindness."

"The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. He frees himself and shows others the way. Freedom and slavery are states of mind."

"It is degrading to the human dignity to blacken one’s face to play the role of a Negro."