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A nonviolent life is an act of self-examination and self-purification, whether by an individual, group or nation.

A nonviolent life is an act of self-examination and self-purification, whether by an individual, group or nation.

Mahatma Gandhi
Self, Examination, Groups
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

Disobedience that is wholly civil should never provoke retaliation.

Mahatma Gandhi
Should, Retaliation, Provoking
Mahatma Gandhi (1974). “Collected Works”

Mother cow is in many ways better than the mother who gave us birth.

Mahatma Gandhi
Mother, Cows, Way
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.401, Rajpal & Sons

My patriotism is not an exclusive thing. It is all embracing. The conception of my patriotism is nothing if it is not always, in every case, without exception, consistent with the broadest good of humanity at large.

Mahatma Gandhi
Humanity, Cases, Consistent
Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.22, Rajpal & Sons

We must be ever courteous and patient with those who do not see eye to eye with us. We must resolutely refuse to consider our opponents as enemies.

Mahatma Gandhi
Eye, Enemy, Opponents
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.94, Courier Corporation

Infinite Love is a weapon of matchless potency. It is the 'summum bonum' of life. It is an attribute of the brave, in fact it is their all. It does not come within the each of the coward. It is no wooden of lifeless dogma but a living and life-giving.

Mahatma Gandhi
Love Is, Giving, Brave

Peace through superior violence inevitably leads to the atom bomb and all that it stands for.

Mahatma Gandhi
Atoms, Bombs, Violence
Mahatma Gandhi (1993). “Gandhi on Nehru”

I do not regard flesh-food as necessary for us at any stage and under any clime in which it is possible for human beings ordinarily to live, I hold flesh-food to be unsuited to our species.

Mahatma Gandhi
Vegan Food, Flesh, Vegetarian Health
Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.151, Rajpal & Sons

I have been repeating over and over again that he who cannot protect himself or his nearest and dearest or their honour by non-violently facing death may and ought to do so by violently dealing with the oppressor. He who can do neither of the two is a burden. He has no business to be the head of a family. He must either hide himself, or must rest content to live for ever in helplessness and be prepared to crawl like a worm at the bidding of a bully.

Mahatma Gandhi
Two, Bully, Bidding
Mahatma Gandhi, U. R. Rao (1963). “The Way to Communal Harmony”, Ahmedabad, [India] : Navajivan Publishing House

The still small voice within you must always be the final arbiter when there is a conflict of duty.

Mahatma Gandhi
Voice, Finals, Conflict
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.39, Rajpal & Sons

I find a solace a in the Bhagavadgita and Upanishads that I miss even in the Sermon on the Mount.

Mahatma Gandhi
Missing, Gita, Solace
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.186, Courier Corporation

God is omnipresent; even a pebble in the Narmada can represent Him and serve as an object of worship.

Mahatma Gandhi
God, Pebbles, Worship
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

A democrat should not rely upon the force of the arms his state could flaunt in the face of the world, but on the moral force his state could put at the disposal of the world.

Mahatma Gandhi
Rely Upon, World, Arms
Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”

When untouchability is rooted out, these distinctions will vanish and no one will consider himself superior to any other.

Mahatma Gandhi
Distinction, Untouchability, Superiors
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

A successful bloody revolution can only mean further misery for the masses.

Mahatma Gandhi
Mean, Successful, Violence
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

Armed conspiracies against something satanic is like matching Satans against Satan.

Mahatma Gandhi
Satanic, Violence, Matching
Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.208, Tara Publishing

Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.

Mahatma Gandhi
Men, Selfless, Spirit

It amazes me to find an intelligent person who fights against something which he does not at all believe exists.

Mahatma Gandhi
Atheist, Believe, Fighting

There is no distrust of men and mankind in me. They will answer before God, so why should I worry?

Mahatma Gandhi
Men, Worry, Answers
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Time is wealth, and the Gita says the Great Annihilator annihilates those who waste time.

Mahatma Gandhi
Gita, Waste, Wasting Time
Mahatma Gandhi (1969). “Collected Works”

In any case, the fear of subservience is quite imaginary.

Mahatma Gandhi
Cases, Imaginary, Subservience
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No one can dominate a population of 80,000,000.

Mahatma Gandhi
Population
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Whoever is victor, there should be, after the war, a commonwealth of all nations.

Mahatma Gandhi
War, Should, Commonwealth
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Personally I like to believe that all become honest, the millennium is round the corner!

Mahatma Gandhi
Believe, Honest, Millennium
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I do not wish disaster to British arms.

Mahatma Gandhi
Wish, Arms, Disaster
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