The redeeming feature of war is that it puts a nation to the test. As exposure to the atmosphere reduces all mummies to instant dissolution, so war passes supreme judgment upon social systems that have outlived their vitality.

I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

By ahimsa we will be able to save the cow and also win the friendship of the English.

Ahimsa is the eradication of the desire to injure or to kill.

Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless.

Generals think war should be waged like the tourneys of the Middle Ages. I have no use for knights; I need revolutionaries.