Satyagraha Quotes

Satyagraha is a relentless search for truth and a determination to search truth.

Violence is a concession to human weakness, satyagraha is an obligation.

Satyagraha has been designed as an effective substitute for violence.

Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.

Satyagraha is an attribute of the spirit within.

My satyagrahi spirit tells me that I may not retaliate.

In the dictionary of satyagraha, there is no enemy.

Force that the performance of duty naturally generates is the non-violent and invincible force that satyagraha brings into being.

There is a vital connection between satyagraha and charkha, and the more I find that belief challenged, the more I am confirmed in it.

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.

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

Satyagraha, of which civil resistance is but a part, is to me the universal law of life.

A satyagrahi would neither retaliate nor would he submit to the criminal, but seek to cure him by curing himself.

There is no "playing with truth" in the Charkha programme, for satyagraha is not predominantly civil disobedience but a quiet and irresistible pursuit of Truth.

Satyagraha is search for Truth, and God is Truth.

For a satyagrahi brigade only those are eligible who believe in ahimsa and satya.

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

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

In satyagraha, a courted imprisonment carries its own praise.

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

Satyagraha is a purely spiritual weapon.

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

A satyagrahi is dead to his body even before the enemy attempts to kill him.

A satyagrahi has always his minimum and it is this minimum that is wanted in connection with this struggle.

A satyagrahi loves his so-called enemy even as he loves his friend. He has no enemy.