Democracy and violence can ill go together.
Democracy is not a state in which people act like sheep.
The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular.
The force generated by nonviolence is infinitely greater than the force of all the arms created by man’s ingenuity.
The only devils in the world are those running around in our own hearts – that is where the battle should be fought.
Performance of one’s duties should be independent of public opinion.
We cannot, in a moment, get rid of habits of a lifetime.
Nonviolence means an ocean of compassion. It means shedding from us every trace of ill will for others. It does not mean abjectness or timidity, or fleeing in fear. It means, on the contrary, firmness of mind and courage, a resolute spirit.
My life is an indivisible whole, and all my attitudes run into one another; and they all have their rise in my insatiable love for mankind.
Everyone wants to be strong and self sufficient, but few are willing to put in the work necessary to achieve worthy goals.
I think it would be a good idea.
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.
If we were to drive out the English with the weapons with which they enslaved us, our slavery would still be with us even when they have gone.
If one has no affection for a person or a system, one should feel free to give the fullest expression to his disaffection so long as he does not contemplate, promote, or incite violence.
That which looks for mercy from an opponent is not non-violence.
A non-violent revolution is not a program of seizure of power. It is a program of transformation of relationships, ending in a peaceful transfer of power.
It is open to a war resister to judge between the combatants and wish success to the one who has justice on his side. By so judging he is more likely to bring peace between the two than by remaining a mere spectator.
The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice.
As the means, so the end.
By education, I mean an all-round drawing of the best in child and man in body, mind and spirit.