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Non-co-operation and civil disobedience are but different branches of the same tree called satyagraha.
Once Jesus had blazed the trail, his twelve disciples could carry on his mission without his presence.
The real test of nonviolence lies in its being brought in contact with those who have contempt for it.
If my nonviolence is to be contagious and infectious, I must acquire greater control over my thoughts.
If we import compulsion in matters of religion, there is no doubt that we shall be committing suicide.
Nonviolence is the law of the human race and is infinitely greater than, and superior to, brute force.
The elephant needs a thousand times more food than the ant but that is not an indication of inequality.
Woman is, by habit or nature, queen of the household. She is not designed to organize on a large scale.
The press is called the Fourth Estate. It is definitely a power, but, to misuse that power is criminal.
Every good movement passes through five stages, indifference, ridicule, abuse, repression, and respect.
Untouchability is a many-headed monster and forms, some of them so subtle as not to be easily detected.
You cannot build nonviolence on a factory civilization, but it can be built on self-contained villages.
If there is violence, it will certainly be crushed because violence can only end in a disgraceful rout.
Ahimsa and Truth are so intertwined that it is practically impossible to disentangle and separate them.
It was Ba's inspiration which helped me reach the heights of my inner self. She was my priceless jewel.
The most distinctive and largest contribution of Hinduism to India's culture is the doctrine of ahimsa.
In matters concerning religion, I consider myself not a child but an adult with 35 years of experience.
Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being.
For every minute that I spin, there is in me the consciousness that I am adding to the nation's wealth.
Not to believe in the possibility of permanent peace is to disbelieve in the Godliness of human nature.
I hold too that whatever may be true of other countries, a bloody revolution will not succeed in India.
Tolstoy's so-called inconsistencies were a sign of his development and his passionate regard for truth.
Man's triumph will consist in substituting the struggle for existence by a struggle for mutual service.
The Gita distinguishes between the powers of light and darkness and demonstrates their incompatibility.
People in a democracy should be satisfied with drawing the Government's attention to a mistake, if any.
No religion taught man to kill fellowmen because he held different opinions or was of another religion.
My nationalism, fierce though it is, is not exclusive, is not devised to harm any nation or individual.
It is a crime and a sin to regard a person as untouchable because he is born in a particular community.
My conception of dominion status implies present ability to severe the British connection if I wish to.
Non-co-operators will make a serious mistake if they seek to convert people to their creed by violence.
Decency requires that when a programme is approved by the majority, all should carry it out faithfully.
If I could persuade myself that I could find Him in a Himalayan cave I would proceed there immediately.
Before we can aspire to guide the destinies of India, we shall have to adopt the habit of fearlessness.
My notion of democracy is that under it the weakest shall have the same opportunities as the strongest.
Many could forgo heavy meals, a full wardrobe, a fine house, etcetera. It is the ego they cannot forgo.
My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray.
No man could be actively nonviolent and not rise against social injustice, no matter where it occurred.
Tulsidas's Ramayana is a notable book because it is informed with the spirit of purity, pity and piety.
My Swaraj will be not be a result of murder of others but a voluntary act of continuous self-sacrifice.
Ahimsa must be placed before everything else while it is professed. Then alone it becomes irresistible.
Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
Non-cooperation is a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for the opposite views.
You never know where your actions will lead to. But if you don't do anything they will lead you nowhere.
Useful manual labour, intelligently performed, is the means par excellence for developing the intellect.
Just as the body cannot exist without blood, so the soul needs the matchless and pure strength of faith.
I call myself a labourer because I take pride in calling myself a spinner, weaver, farmer and scavenger.
If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty.
A man like me cannot but believe that this earthquake is a divine chastisement sent by God for our sins.
The votaries of nonviolence cannot harbour violence even in thought, let alone the question of doing it.
Khaddar was conceived with a much more ambitious object, that is, to make our villages starvation-proof.