It’s my conviction that nothing enduring can be built on violence.
Nonviolence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.
Nonviolence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.
Nonviolence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.
Unless discipline is rooted in nonviolence, it might prove to be a source of infinite mischief.
Nonviolence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.
My life is dedicated to service of India through the religion of nonviolence which I believed to be the root of Hinduism.
Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
Non-cooperation is a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for the opposite views.
If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty.
I know, to banish anger altogether from one’s breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God’s grace.
We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.
Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.
Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.
To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body.
Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary, the evil it does is permanent.
Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.
I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and nonviolence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.
Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.
Nonviolence is not to be used ever as the shield of the coward. It is the weapon of the brave.
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.
Violence is a concession to human weakness, satyagraha is an obligation.
Poverty is the worst form of violence.
