True Prayer Is Not A Prelude To

Every Worthy Act Is Difficult. Ascent Is Always Difficult. Descent Is Easy And Often Slippery.

For Me Nonviolence Is A Creed. I Must Act Up To It, Whether I Am Alone Or Have Companions.

Leo Tolstoy's Life Has Been Devoted To Replacing The Method Of Violence For Removing Tyranny Or Securing Reform By The Method Of Non­resistance To Evil. He Would Meet Hatred Expressed In Violence By Love Expressed In Self­suffering.

When Nonviolence Is Accepted As The Law Of Life, It Must Pervade The Whole Being And Not Be Applied To Isolated Acts.

Today The Cities Dominate And Drain The Villages So That They Are Crumbling To Ruin.