Mahatma Gandhi Quotes About Violence And Peace
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We may never be strong enough to be entirely non-violent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep non-violence as our goal and make steady progress towards it.
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It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
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I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honour than that she should, in a cowardly manner, become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonor.
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Poverty is the worst form of violence.
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Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.
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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.
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The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
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Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.
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The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.
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An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
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Where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence.
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Non-violence 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.
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Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
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I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honour than that she should, in a cowardly manner, become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonour. But I believe that nonviolence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment.
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Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.
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If non-violence is the Law of our being, the future is with Women.
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I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
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Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.
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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says that violence should be resisted not by counter-violence but by nonviolence. This I do by breaking the law and by peacefully submitting to arrest and imprisonment.
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Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.
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Use truth as your anvil, nonviolence as your hammer and anything that does not stand the test when it is brought to the anvil of truth and hammered with nonviolence, reject it.
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Mahatma Gandhi
- Born: October 2, 1869
- Died: January 30, 1948
- Occupation: Civil rights leader
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