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True art must be evidence of happiness, contentment and purity of its authors.
Work without faith is like an attempt to reach the bottom of a bottomless pit.
Indeed, a civil resister offers resistance only when peace becomes impossible.
To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.
Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.
A leader is useless when he acts against the promptings of his own conscience.
What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
Justice does not help those who slumber but helps only those who are vigilant.
The greater the realization of truth and ahimsa, the greater the illumination.
If everybody lives by the sweat of his brow, the earth will become a paradise.
I am a man of peace. I believe in peace. But I do not want peace at any price.
We must treat arrest as the normal condition of the life of a non-co-operator.
I regard untouchability as such a grave sin as to warrant divine chastisement.
If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior
My experience teaches me that truth can never be propagated by doing violence.
A personal selfish prayer is bad whether made before an image or an unseen God.
Truth is my God. I can only search Him through nonviolence and in on other way.
When faced with a choice between violence and cowardice, always choose violence
The greater our innocence, the greater our strength and the swifter our victory
If you think the world is all wrong, remember that it contains people like you.
Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment.
Satyagraha is a force that has come to stay. No force in the world can kill it.
In our progress towards the goal, we ever see more and more enchanting scenery.
Nonviolent non-co-operation with evil means co-operation with all that is good.
Not violence, nor untruth but non-violence and Truth are the laws of our being.
Change occurs when deeply felt private experiences are given public legitimacy.
Real education has to draw out the best from the boys and girls to be educated.
No perfect democracy is possible without perfect nonviolence at the back of it.
Journalism has a distinct place in familiarizing and expressing public opinion.
Ahimsa is the highest ideal. It is meant for the brave, never for the cowardly.
A true man of piety will consider himself a sinner and, therefore, untouchable.
Even the dog is described by the poet to have received justice under Ramarajya.
The socialism that India can assimilate is the socialism of the spinning wheel.
Real non-co-operation is non-co-operation with evil and not with the evil-doer.
Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.
I may be a despicable person, but when Truth speaks through me I am invincible.
Love in the sense of ahimsa has only a limited number of votaries in the world.
No man has ever been able to describe God fully. The same holds true of ahimsa.
War with all its glorification of brute force is essentially a degrading thing.
Under democracy, individual liberty of opinion and action is jealously guarded.
Nonviolent nationalism is a necessary condition of corporate or civilized life.
Prayer presupposes faith. No prayer is in vain. Prayer is like any other action.
Swaraj of a people means the sum total of the Swaraj (self-rule) of individuals.
Virtue lies in being absorbed in one's prayers in the presence of din and noise.
The greatness of a person lies in his heart, not in his head; that is intellect.
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.
Could there be a greater proof of our cowardice than fighting amongst ourselves?
You assist an administration most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees.