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A good person will resist an evil system with his whole soul. Disobedience of the laws of an evil state is therefore a duty.

A good person will resist an evil system with his whole soul. Disobedience of the laws of an evil state is therefore a duty.

Mahatma Gandhi
Wise, Law, Evil

Evil is, good or truth misplaced.

Mahatma Gandhi
Evil, Misplaced

Truth and untruth often co-exist; good and evil often are found together

Mahatma Gandhi
Inspirational, Truth, Evil
Mahatma Gandhi (1984). “The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words”

Non-violence does not signify that man must not fight against the enemy, and by enemy is meant the evil which men do, not the human beings themselves.

Mahatma Gandhi
Fighting, Men, Evil
Mahatma Gandhi (1984). “The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words”

I may not unnerve myself while I can struggle against evil.

Mahatma Gandhi
Struggle, Evil, May
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It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us. This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good heart whatever they might have to say.

Mahatma Gandhi
Spiritual, Heart, Evil
Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rabindranath Tagore (1968). “Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore: Being a Treasury of Over Ten Thousand Invaluable and Inspiring Thoughts, Views, and Obervations on about Eight Hundred Subjects of Popular Interest, Collected from the Speeches and Writings of These Three Great Leaders of Modern India”

Leo Tolstoy's life has been devoted to replacing the method of violence for removing tyranny or securing reform by the method of non­resistance to evil. He would meet hatred expressed in violence by love expressed in self­suffering.

Mahatma Gandhi
Self, Evil, Hatred
Mahatma Gandhi (1963). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

The principle of ahimsa is hurt by every evil thought, by undue haste, by lying, by hatred, by wishing ill to anybody.

Mahatma Gandhi
Hurt, Lying, Evil
Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.226, Tara Publishing

Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.

Mahatma Gandhi
Evil, Diversity, Patriotism
Courtroom statement, Ahmadabad, India, 23 Mar. 1922

Of all the evils for which man has made himself responsible, none is so degrading, so shocking, or so brutal as his abuse of the better half of humanity; to me, the female sex is not the weaker sex.

Mahatma Gandhi
Sex, Men, Evil
Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.156, A&C Black

You cannot cure a lesser evil by a greater evil.

Mahatma Gandhi
Evil, Cures, Lesser Evil
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You assist an administration most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees.

Mahatma Gandhi
Order, Evil, Decree
"Non-Violent Resistance". Book by Mahatma Gandhi, Courier Corporation, p. 238, 2012.

Non-co-operation is protest against an unwitting and unwilling participation in evil.

Mahatma Gandhi
Evil, Operations, Protest
Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.162, Tara Publishing

I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.

Mahatma Gandhi
Spiritual, Children, Evil
Mahatma Gandhi (1948). “Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth”, p.276, Courier Corporation

Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.

Mahatma Gandhi
Money, Evil, Political
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.247, Courier Corporation

War is an unmitigated evil. But it certainly does one good thing. It drives away fear and brings bravery to the surface.

Mahatma Gandhi
Courage, War, Evil
Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (1965). “Gandhi on Non-violence”, p.38, New Directions Publishing

Real non-co-operation is non-co-operation with evil and not with the evil-doer.

Mahatma Gandhi
Real, Evil, Doers
Mahatma Gandhi (1968). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

It is my conviction that the root of evil is the want of a living God.

Mahatma Gandhi
God, Roots, Evil

Tolerance obviously does not disturb the distinction between right and wrong, or good and evil.

Mahatma Gandhi
Evil, Tolerance, Doe
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.51, Courier Corporation

Nonviolent non-co-operation with evil means co-operation with all that is good.

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

A nonviolent warrior knows no leaving the battle. He rushes into the mouth of himsa, never even once harbouring an evil thought.

Mahatma Gandhi
Warrior, Evil, Leaving
Mahatma Gandhi (1977). “Collected Works”

Often does good come out of evil. But that is God's, not man's plan.

Mahatma Gandhi
God, Men, Evil
Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.96, A&C Black

Nonviolence implies voluntary submission to the penalty for non-co-operation with evil.

Mahatma Gandhi
Evil, Submission, Penalties
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.145, Courier Corporation

In a strictly scientific sense God is at the bottom of both good and evil.

Mahatma Gandhi
God, Evil, Good And Evil
Mahatma Gandhi (2011). “The Way to God: Selected Writings from Mahatma Gandhi”, p.21, North Atlantic Books

There is a power now slumbering within us, which is awakened would do to evil what light does to darkness.

Mahatma Gandhi
Light, Evil, Darkness