Branches Quote by Mahatma Gandhi

For satyagraha and its offshoots, non-co-operation and civil resistance, are nothing but new names for the law of suffering.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Satyagraha and civil disobedience and fasts have nothing in common with the use of force, veiled or open.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Truth (satya) is positive, nonviolence is negative.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“violence only makes a situation worse. It cannot help but provoke a violent response. Strictly speaking, satyagraha is not “nonviolence.” It is a means,…

— Eknath Easwaran

What I call the law of satyagraha is to be deduced from an appreciation of duties and rights flowing therefrom.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I regard the constituent assembly as the substitute ofsatyagraha. It is constructive satyagraha.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Satyagraha is a purely spiritual weapon.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Non-co-operation and civil disobedience in terms of Swaraj are not to be thought of without substantial constructive effort.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Civil disobedience has almost always been about expression. Generally, it's nonviolent, as defined by Henry David Thoreau, Gandhi, and King.

— Marvin Ammori

A satyagrahi has no other stay but God, and he who has any other stay or depends on any other help cannot offer satyagraha.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The fight of satyagraha is for the strong in spirit, not the doubter or the timid. Satyagraha teaches us the art of living as…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Real suffering bravely borne, melts even a heart of stone. Such is the potency of suffering. And there lies the key to Satyagraha.

— Mahatma Gandhi