People who attack others need rationalizations for doing so. We undermine those rationalizations.

The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now.

Our task, of course, is to transmute the anger that is affliction into the anger that is determination to bring about change. I think, in fact, that one could give that as a definition of revolution.

This is the heart of my argument: We can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom we show human concern.

A liberation movement that is nonviolent sets the oppressor free as well as the oppressed.

Vengeance is not the point; change is. But the trouble is that in most people's minds the thought of victory and the thought of punishing the enemy coincide.

Our own pulse beats in every stranger's throat.

There should be no censorship of mail.

Think first of the action that is right to take, think later about coping with one's fears.

Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.

A great many of us must move from words to acts - from words of dissent to acts of disobedience.

Sometimes life has a cruel sense of humor, giving you the thing you always wanted at the worst time possible.

Don't confuse efforts with results....

Fortunately or unfortunately, the greatest authority on matters of life is life itself.

It is possible to begin again. It is hard, and we never do it perfectly, but it can be done.

At this moment, is there anything lacking? Nirvana is right here now before our eyes. This place is the lotus land. This body now is the Buddha.

No regrets, only choices.

There are lots of stories about how philosophy begins. Some people claim it begins in wonder; some people claim it begins in worry. I claim it begins in disappointment.

My life feels, week to week, incomplete to the level of being pointless if I am not in preparation for the next play or, ideally, into it.

There can be no perfect democracy curtailed by color, race, or poverty. But with all we accomplish all, even peace.

We can afford to lose money - even a lot of money. But we can't afford to lose reputation - even a shred of reputation.