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Brute Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi
- Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute. The spirit lies dormant in the brute, and he knows…
- Non-cooperation is an attempt to awaken the masses, to a sense of their dignity and power. This can only be done by enabling them to…
- Man has reason, discrimination and free-will such as it is. The brute has no such thing. It is not a free agent, and knows no…
- To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is…
- In this age of the rule of brute force, it is almost impossible for anyone to believe that any one else could possibly reject the…
- Man must choose either of the two courses, the upward or the downward; but as he has the brute in him, he will more easily…
- War with all its glorification of brute force is essentially a degrading thing.
- Nonviolence is the law of the human race and is infinitely greater than, and superior to, brute force.
- Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.
- I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.
- It is man's social nature which distinguishes him from the brute creation. If it is his privilege to be independent, it is equally his duty…
More Brute Quotes
- Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world. — Thomas Carlyle
- A rude nature is worse than a brute nature by so much more as man is better than a beast: and those… — Margaret Cavendish
- The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing. — Lord Chesterfield
- I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may… — Lord Chesterfield
- The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Reason is always a kind of brute force; those who appeal to the head rather than the heart, however pallid and polite,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- Brute force is not our salvation, especially as directed by State central planning and done with little regard for the innocents... — Anthony Gregory
- Brute force crushes many plants. Yet the plants rise again. The Pyramids will not last a moment compared with the daisy. And… — D. H. Lawrence
- In Randori we teach the pupil to act on the fundamental principles of Judo, no matter how physically inferior his opponent may… — Kano Jigoro
- Brain against brute force - and brain came out on the top - as its bound to do. — Kenneth Grahame
- I cannot anyhow be contented to view this wonderful universe, and especially the nature of man, and to conclude that everything is… — Charles Darwin
- Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute. The spirit lies dormant in the brute,… — Mahatma Gandhi