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The force of nonviolence is infinitely more wonderful and subtle than the material forces of nature, like electricity.

The force of nonviolence is infinitely more wonderful and subtle than the material forces of nature, like electricity.

Mahatma Gandhi
Wonderful, Electricity, Subtle

I have been practicing, with scientific precision, nonviolence and its possibilities for an unbroken period of over fifty years.

Mahatma Gandhi
Years, Unbroken, Fifty
Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.87, A&C Black

The nonviolence I teach is active nonviolence of the strongest. But the weakest can partake in it without becoming weaker.

Mahatma Gandhi
Becoming, Teach, Strongest
Mahatma Gandhi (1927). “Young India, 1924-1926”

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-violent structure of society.

Mahatma Gandhi
Violent, Centralization, Structure
Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.119, A&C Black

Boycott of foreign cloth through picketing may easily be violent; through the use of khadi it is most natural and absolutely nonviolent.

Mahatma Gandhi
Use, May, Natural
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1986). “The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation”, Clarendon Press

Civil disobedience can only lead to strength and purity.

Mahatma Gandhi
Purity, Purification, Pure
Mahatma Gandhi, Rudrangshu Mukherjee (1993). “The Penguin Gandhi Reader”, p.148, Penguin Books India

Like the watch, the heart needs the winding of purity, or the Dweller ceases to speak.

Mahatma Gandhi
Heart, Watches, Needs
Mahatma Gandhi (1950). “Hindu Dharma”

Ramanama is for the pure at heart and for those who want to attain purity and remain pure.

Mahatma Gandhi
Heart, Want, Purity
Mahatma Gandhi (1949). “Ramanama”

Tulsidas's Ramayana is a notable book because it is informed with the spirit of purity, pity and piety.

Mahatma Gandhi
Book, Spirit, Notable
Mahatma Gandhi (1950). “Hindu Dharma”

I would beseech you not only to be pure beyond suspicion but I would ask you to combine with stainless purity, great wisdom and great ability.

Mahatma Gandhi
Purity, Purification, Great Wisdom

All religions are branches of the same mighty tree, but I must not change over from one branch to another for the sake of expediency.

Mahatma Gandhi
Tree, Religion, Branches
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

A religion cannot be sustained by the number of its lip-followers denying in their lives its tenets.

Mahatma Gandhi
Numbers, Religion, Followers
Mahatma Gandhi (1962). “All Religions are True”

In the name of religion, we force widowhood upon our three lakh girl-widows who could not understand the import of the marriage ceremony.

Mahatma Gandhi
Girl, Names, Religion

The satyagrahi general has to obey his inner voice, for over and above the situation outside he examines himself constantly and listens to the dictates of the inner self.

Mahatma Gandhi
Self, Voice, Satyagraha
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Satyagraha (non-violent Resistance)”

Satyagraha is a law for universal application. Beginning with the family, its use can be extended to every other circle.

Mahatma Gandhi
Law, Circles, Use
Mahatma Gandhi, Dennis Dalton (1996). “Gandhi: Selected Political Writings”, p.141, Hackett Publishing

Satyagraha can rid society of all evils, political, economic and moral.

Mahatma Gandhi
Evil, Political, Moral
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.256, Rajpal & Sons

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

Mahatma Gandhi
Use, Common, Satyagraha
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.354, Rajpal & Sons

Satyagraha is a purely spiritual weapon.

Mahatma Gandhi
Spiritual, Weapons, Satyagraha
Mahatma Gandhi, Judith M. Brown (2008). “The Essential Writings”, p.369, Oxford University Press

Satyagraha thrives on repression till at last the repressor is tired of it and the object of satyagraha is gained.

Mahatma Gandhi
Tired, Lasts, Satyagraha

In satyagraha, a courted imprisonment carries its own praise.

Mahatma Gandhi
Praise, Satyagraha, Carrie
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

Satyagraha does not depend on outside help, it derives all its strength from within.

Mahatma Gandhi
Doe, Helping, Satyagraha
Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects”

My purpose is to describe experiments in the science ofsatyagraha and not at all to describe how good I am.

Mahatma Gandhi
Purpose, Satyagraha, Experiments

Since satyagraha is a method of conversion and conviction, it seeks never to use the slightest coercion.

Mahatma Gandhi
Use, Coercion, Conviction
Mahatma Gandhi (1984). “The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words”

Satyagraha as conceived by me is a science in the making.

Mahatma Gandhi
Satyagraha
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.174, Rajpal & Sons

It is claimed for satyagraha that it is a complete substitute for violence or war.

Mahatma Gandhi
War, Violence, Substitutes
Mahatma Gandhi, Judith M. Brown (2008). “The Essential Writings”, p.370, Oxford University Press