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Nonviolent non-co-operation is the only alternative to anarchy and worse.
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Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.
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Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.
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A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
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A satyagrahi lays down his life, but never gives up. That is the meaning of the 'do or die' slogan.
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For the poor, the economic is spiritual.
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You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
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Means to be means must always be within our reach, and so ahimsa is our supreme duty.
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Mine is not a religion of the prison-house. It has room for the least among God's creation.
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Prayer is no mere exercise of words or of the ears, it is no mere repetition of empty formula.
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Under democracy individual liberty of opinion and action is jealously guarded.
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My creed of nonviolence does not favour the punishment of thieves and dacoits and even murderers.
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Nothing once begun should be abandoned, unless it is proved to be morally wrong.
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I consider writing as a fine art. We kill it by imposing the alphabet on little children and making it the beginning of learning.
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I took the vow of celibacy in 1906. I had not shared my thoughts with my wife until then, but only consulted her at the time of making the vow. She had no objection.
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For me the only training in Swaraj we need is the ability to defend ourselves against the whole world and to live our natural life in perfect freedom, even though it may be full of defects. Good government is no substitute for self-government.
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The spinning wheel is the one thing to which all must turn to in the Indian clime for the transition stage at any rate and the vast majority must for all time.
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By patriotism I mean the welfare of the whole people, if I secure it at the hands of my opponent, I should bow down my head to him.
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Those who have their hands dyed deep in blood cannot build a nonviolent order for the world.
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Now when we talk of brotherhood of men, we stop there and feel that all other life is there for man to exploit for his own purposes. But Hinduism excludes all exploitation.
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Nonviolence is an unchangeable creed. It has to be pursued even in face of violence raging around you.
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A little of true nonviolence acts in a silent, subtle, unseen way and leavens the whole society.
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Retaliation is counter-poison and poison breeds more poison. The nectar of Love alone can destroy the poison of hate.
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I came in contact with every known Indian anarchist in London. Their bravery impressed me, but I felt that their zeal was misguided. I felt that violence was no remedy for India's ills, and that her civilisation required the use of a different and higher weapon for self-protection. - Hind Swaraj
Mahatma Gandhi