We adopt the means of nonviolence because our end is a community at peace with itself. We will try to persuade with our words, but if our words fail, we will try to persuade with our acts.

Our greatest hope for success lies in a universal fact: the people of the world, as people, have always wanted peace and want peace now. The problem, then, is to find a way of translating this universal desire into action. This will require more than words of peace. It requires works of peace.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

The hunger for peace is too great, the hour in history too late, for any government to mock men's hopes with mere words and promises and gestures.

Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.