No power on earth can resist the lovers of liberty who are ready not to kill opponents, but be killed by them. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Civil disobedience is a stimulation for the fighters and a challenge to the opponent, in the present instance, authority. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
If that is the law of life we must work it out in daily exisitance. Wherever there are wars, wherever we are… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Non-violent resistance implies the very opposite of weakness. Defiance combined with non-retaliatory acceptance of repression from one's opponents is active, not passive.… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The satyagrahi should not have any hatred in his heart against the opponent. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
However much I may sympathise with and admire worthy motives, I am an uncompromising opponent of violent methods even to serve the… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The knowledge of the omnipresence of God also means respect for the lives even of those who may be called opponents. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
We must be ever courteous and patient with those who do not see eye to eye with us. We must resolutely refuse… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
In the application of Satyagraha, I discovered, in the earliest stages, that pursuit of Truth did not admit of violence being inflicted… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
An opponent is entitled to the same regard for his principles as we would expect others to have for ours. Non-violence demands… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Robust faith in oneself and brave trust of the opponent, so called or real, is the best safeguard. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
A man who is truthful and does not mean ill even to his adversary will be slow to believe charges even against… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
A genuine satyagraha should never excite contempt in the opponent even when it fails to command regard or respect. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The end of nonviolent 'war' is always an agreement, never dictation, much less humiliation of the opponent. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The best way of losing a cause is to abuse your opponent and to trade upon his weakness. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The strength to kill is not essential for self-defense; one ought to have the strength to die. When a man is fully… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
History is replete with instances of men, who, by dying with courage and compassion on their lips converted the hearts of their… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
True ahimsa should wear a smile even on a deathbed brought about by an assailant. It is only with that ahimsa that… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Civility does not ...mean the mere outward gentleness of speech cultivated for the occasion, but an inborn gentleness and desire to do… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
A nonviolent action accompanied by nonviolence in thought and word should never produce enduring violent reaction upon the opponent. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
No confirmed satyagrahi is dismayed by dangers, seen or unseen, from his opponent's side. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Courtesy towards opponents and eagerness to understand their view-point is the ABC of non-violence. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
By patriotism I mean the welfare of the whole people, if I secure it at the hands of my opponent, I should… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I do not want to live at the cost of the life even of a snake. I should let him bite me to death… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
No nation being under another nation can accept gifts, and kick at the responsibility attached to those gifts, imposed by the conquering nation. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
So long as we fear the outside world, we must cease to think of Swaraj. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I do not want a kingdom, or heaven; what I want is to remove the trouble of the oppressed, the poor, and the needy. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Religions are not for separating men from one another, they are meant to bind them. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I hold flesh-food to be unsuited to our species. We err in copying the lower animal world if we are superior to it. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“It was only in South Africa that I got over this shyness, though I never completely overcame it. It was impossible for me to… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
If it was wrong to seek God in a stone, how was it right to seek Him in a book called the Gita, the… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
