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If God holds me to be a pure instrument for the spread of nonviolence in place of the awful violence now ruling the earth, He will give me the strength and show me the way.

If God holds me to be a pure instrument for the spread of nonviolence in place of the awful violence now ruling the earth, He will give me the strength and show me the way.

Mahatma Gandhi
God, Giving, Violence
Mahatma Gandhi (194?). “Gandhi's Beads of Wisdow: A Synopsis of Gandhiji's Utterances on Truth and Non-violence”

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

A dissolute character is more dissolute in thought than in deed. And the same is true of violence. Our violence in word and deed is but a feeble echo of the surging violence of thought in us.

Mahatma Gandhi
Character, Echoes, Violence
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”

I have recognized that the nation has the right, if it so wills, to vindicate her freedom even by actual violence.

Mahatma Gandhi
Violence, Nations, Ifs
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”

Non-co-operators will make a serious mistake if they seek to convert people to their creed by violence.

Mahatma Gandhi
Mistake, People, Violence
Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.183, Tara Publishing

True nonviolence is mightier than the mightiest violence.

Mahatma Gandhi
Violence, Nonviolence
Mahatma Gandhi (1984). “The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words”

Nonviolence of the strong is infinitely braver than their violence.

Mahatma Gandhi
Strong, Violence, Nonviolence
Mahatma Gandhi (1986). “The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Truth and Non-Violence”, Clarendon Press

Nonviolence in the sense of mere non-killing does not appear to me, therefore, to be of any improvement on the technique of violence.

Mahatma Gandhi
Violence, Technique, Doe
Mahatma Gandhi (1981). “Collected Works”

The present war is the saturation point in violence. It spells, to my mind, also its doom.

Mahatma Gandhi
War, Mind, Violence
Mahatma Gandhi (2012). “The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas”, p.292, Vintage

The moral to be legitimately drawn from the supreme tragedy of the bomb is that it will not be destroyed by counter bombs even as violence cannot be by counter-violence.

Mahatma Gandhi
Tragedy, Bombs, Violence
Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.367, Tara Publishing

True ahimsa lay in running into the mouth of himsa.

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Running, Mouths, Violence
Mahatma Gandhi (1941). “The Indian States' Problem”

Our nonviolence in respect of the Government is a result of our incapacity for effective violence.

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Government, Violence, Results
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

Is it not possible for us all to realize that the masses will never mount to freedom through murder?

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Violence, Realizing, Murder
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence.

Mahatma Gandhi
World, Violence, Seven

Had we adopted non-violence as the weapon of the strong, because we realised that it was more effective than any other weapon, in fact the mightiest force in the world, we would have made use of its full potency and not have discarded it as soon as the fight against the British was over or we were in a position to wield conventional weapons. But as I have already said, we adopted it out of our helplessness. If we had the atom bomb, we would have used it against the British.

Mahatma Gandhi
Strong, Fighting, Violence
Speech as the official date for Indian independence approached, June 16, 1947.

I have an implicit faith ... that mankind can only be saved through non-violence, which is the central teaching of the Bible, as I have understood the Bible.

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Teaching, Violence, Mankind
Mahatma Gandhi (1977). “Collected Works”

My non-violence bids me dedicate myself to the service of the minorities.

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Minorities, Violence, Non Violence
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.339, Rajpal & Sons

Violence is bound sooner or later to exhaust itself but peace cannot issue out of such exhaustion.

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Issues, Violence, Sooner Or Later
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

We do want to drive out the beast in man, but we do not want on that account to emasculate him.

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Men, Want, Violence
Mahatma Gandhi (1966). “Collected Works”

The state represents violence in a concentrated and organize form.

Mahatma Gandhi
Violence, States, Form
Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.70, Rajpal & Sons

To prevent the workers from going to their work by standing in front of them is pure violence and must be given up.

Mahatma Gandhi
Violence, Given, Workers
Mahatma Gandhi (1976). “Collected Works”

By using violence to subjugate one another we are using violence against our own souls.

Mahatma Gandhi
Soul, Violence
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

The socialistic conception of the West was born in an environment reeking with violence.

Mahatma Gandhi
West, Violence, Environment
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.258, Rajpal & Sons

It is difficult to judge, when both sides are employing weapons of violence, which side 'deserves' to succeed.

Mahatma Gandhi
Judging, Weapons, Violence
Mahatma Gandhi (1977). “Collected Works”

The consumption of vegetables involves himsa, but I cannot give them up.

Mahatma Gandhi
Vegetables, Giving, Violence
Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.39, A&C Black