Strength does not come from physical capacity. I am not a visionary. I claim to be a practical idealist. The religion of non violence is not meant merely for rishis and saints. It is meant for the common people as well.
Non violence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute.
The spirit lies dormant in the brute, and he knows no law but that of physical might. The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher law - to the strength of the spirit. I have therefore ventured to place before India the ancient law of self sacrifice. For satyagraha and its offshoots, non co-operation and civil resistance, are nothing but new names for the law of suffering. The rishis who discovered the law of non violence in the midst of violence were greater geniuses than Newton.