“I’ve always maintained that it isn’t the form that’s going to make the difference. It isn’t the rule or the procedure or the ideology, but it’s human beings that will make it.”

Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other.

It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life.

There are many reasons for why a man does what he does. To be himself he must be able to give it all. If a leader cannot give it all he cannot expect his people to give anything.

We do not need to kill or destroy to win. We are a movement that builds and not destroys.

In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of.

Our struggle is not easy. Those who oppose our cause are rich and powerful and they have many allies in high places. We are poor. Our allies are few. But we have something the rich do not own. We have our bodies and spirits and the justice of our cause as our weapons.

You know, if people are not pacifists, it’s not their fault. It’s because society puts them in that spot. You’ve got to change it. You don’t just change a man – you’ve got to change his environment as you do it.

It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would be humane and just. He gives us the gift of life and allows us to choose the way we will use our limited time on earth. It is an awesome opportunity.

In the final analysis it doesn’t really matter what the political system is. We don’t need perfect political systems; we need perfect participation.

If you are interested in preventing animal suffering, the first thing you should give up is eggs and milk, because the animals who produce those foods lead the most unhappy lives. You would do better to eat meat and stop eating eggs and dairy products.

Because we have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to survive, we are ready to give up everything – even our lives – in our struggle for justice.

Through Gandhi and my own life experience, I have learned about nonviolence. I believe that human life is a very special gift from God, and that no one has a right to take that away in any cause, however just. I am convinced that nonviolence is more powerful than violence.

There is enough love and good will in our movement to give energy to our struggle and still have plenty left over to break down and change the climate of hate and fear around us.

Self dedication is a spiritual experience.

The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.

Concentration is inspiration. You must be completely overtaken by your work and your subject. Only then do all your influences and experience come up to the surface.

Don’t aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference.

There is a difference between being patience & enabling toxic behaviour.

The difference between doing something and not doing something is doing something.

Successful people do things that seem to make no difference in the act of doing them.

Prepare yourself in learning new skills, make improvements that will make a difference.

Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.

We have to learn to spot the difference and reflect often.

Groups break up because they never got across what they wanted to do personally, and they have creative differences, and egos start to clash.