“Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.”

“It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them...the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.”

“It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.”

“Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work.”

“...[F]ireworks had for her a direct and magical appeal. Their attraction was more complex than that of any other form of art. They had pattern and sequence, colour and sound, brilliance and mobility; they had suspense, surprise, and a faint hint of danger; above all, they had the supreme quality of transience, which puts the keenest edge on beauty and makes it touch some spring in the heart which more enduring excellences cannot reach.”

“Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable.”