I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

I have no other wish in this world but to find light and joy and peace through Hinduism.

I regard myself as a soldier, though a soldier of peace.

I have been known as a crank, faddist, madman. Evidently the reputation is well deserved. For wherever I go, I draw to myself cranks, faddists, and madmen.

Nothing good ever comes of violence

He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.

I find it amoral if you're making a movie where the problem is solved with a guy standing in the back of pickup truck firing a machine at the bad guys. The mor…