Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

"Only a dead nation remembers its heroes when they die. Real nations respect them when they are alive."

"There is nothing surprising in a Muslim or a Pathan like me subscribing to the creed of nonviolence. It is not a new creed. It was followed fourteen hundred years ago by the Prophet all the time he wa…"

"My religion is truth, love and service to God and humanity. Every religion that has come into the world has brought the message of love and brotherhood. Those who are indifferent to the welfare of the…"

"‘an open conspiracy with the Muslim League to bathe the province in blood’... ‘he wanted to hand over power to the Muslim League, whose followers have been indulging in the murder of innocent men, wom…"

"Whenever I had an opportunity to address the people in different parts of our province, I told them clearly that indeed, I was of the opinion that India should not be divided because today in India we…"

"Better be poisoned in one's own blood then to be poisoned in one's principle."

"“It is my inmost conviction,” Badshah Khan said, “that Islam is amal, yakeen, muhabat” – selfless service, faith, and love."

"In 1958, Ghaffar Khan wrote that he had been killed ’by those people for whom he had forsaken his own people’."