Mahatma Gandhi Quotes About Violence

• Poverty is the worst form of violence.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Peace, Hunger And Poverty

• I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Peace, War

  Mahatma Gandhi, Dennis Dalton (1996). “Gandhi: Selected Political Writings”, p.43, Hackett Publishing

• Let the Jews who claim to be the chosen race prove their title by choosing the way of non-violence for vindicating their position on earth. Every country is their home, including Palestine, not by aggression but by loving service

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Country, Home, Race

  Mahatma Gandhi (1994). “The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings”, p.321, Grove Press

• My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  God, Truth, Mean

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

• Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Peace, Adversity

  Mahatma Gandhi (1968). “The Message of Mahatma Gandhi”

• There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Spiritual, Violence, Causes

• Ahimsa is the highest duty. Even if we cannot practice it in full, we must try to understand its spirit and refrain as far as is humanly possible from violence.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Practice, Trying, Violence

  Mahatma Gandhi (2000). “The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

• Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Courage, Peace, Men

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.81, A&C Black

• I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Peace, Believe, Cost

  Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “The Dawn of Freedom”

• Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Life, Peace, Heart

• Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  War, Sunset, Victory And Defeat

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Collected Works”

• Violence is the weapon of weak, non-violence that of the strong.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Strong, Weapons, Violence

• Cowardice is impotence worse than violence. The coward desires revenge but being afraid to die, he looks to others, maybe to the government of the day, to do the work of defense for him. A coward is less than a man. He does not deserve to be a member of a society of men and women.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Revenge, Men, Desire

  Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (1965). “Gandhi on Non-violence”, p.33, New Directions Publishing

• As the State is a soulless machine, it can never be weaned from violence to which it owes its very existence.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Machines, Violence

  Mahatma Gandhi, Rudrangshu Mukherjee (1993). “The Penguin Gandhi Reader”, p.242, Penguin Books India

• Where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Fighting, Choices, Patriotism

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.99, A&C Black

• I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Peace, Truth, Vision

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.43, A&C Black

• Civil disobedience is not only the natural right of a people, especially when they have no effective voice in their own Government, but that it is also a substitute for violence or armed rebellion.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Government, Voice, People

  Mahatma Gandhi (1971). “Collected Works”

• Though violence is not lawful, when it is offered in self-defense or for the defense of the defenseless, it is an act of bravery far better than cowardly submission. The latter befits neither man nor woman. Under violence, there are many stages and varieties of bravery. Every man must judge this for himself. No other person can or has the right.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Men, Self, Judging

• I would risk violence a thousand times rather than risk the emasculation of the whole race.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Race, Risk, Violence

• Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Peace, Heart, Being Sad

  1926 War or Peace,'Young India'.

• Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Peace, Anger, Pride

• An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Law

  Mahatma Gandhi (2007). “Gandhi on Non-Violence”, p.88, New Directions Publishing

• I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honour than that she should, in a cowardly manner, become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonour. But I believe that nonviolence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Believe, Order, Punishment

  Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.158, Tara Publishing

• It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Wise, Fake People, Peace

  Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (2007). “Gandhi on Non-Violence”, p.51, New Directions Publishing

• Once one assumes an attitude of intolerance, there is no knowing where it will take one. Intolerance, someone has said, is violence to the intellect and hatred is violence to the heart.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Peace, Attitude, War

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

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