Satyagraha Quotes

• In the application of Satyagraha, I discovered, in the earliest stages, that pursuit of Truth did not admit of violence being inflicted on one's opponent, but that he must be weaned from error by patience and sympathy. For, what appears to be truth to the one may appear to be error to the other. And patience means self-suffering. So the doctrine came to mean vindication of Truth, not by infliction of suffering on the opponent but one's own self.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Mean, Self, Errors

  Mahatma Gandhi, Dennis Dalton (1996). “Gandhi: Selected Political Writings”, p.61, Hackett Publishing

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

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Determination, Relentless, Search For Truth

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• Satyagraha has been designed as an effective substitute for violence.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Violence, Substitutes, Has Beens

  Mahatma Gandhi, Dennis Dalton (1996). “Gandhi: Selected Political Writings”, p.89, Hackett Publishing

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

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Weakness, Violence, Obligation

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Collected Works”

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• Satyagraha is the pursuit of truth. My grandfather believed that truth should be the cornerstone of everybody's life and that we must dedicate our lives to pursuing truth, to finding out the truth in our lives. And so his entire philosophy was the philosophy of life. It was not just a philosophy for conflict resolution, but something that we have to imbibe in our life and live it all the time so that we can improve and become better human beings.

  Arun Manilal Gandhi

  Truth, Philosophy, Grandfather

  "Satyagraha 100 Years Later: Gandhi Launches Modern Non-Violent Resistance Movement on Sept. 11, 1906". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. September 8, 2006.

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• 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

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• 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

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• Satyagraha is an attribute of the spirit within.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Spirit, Attributes

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

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• A satyagrahi must ceaselessly strive to realize and live truth. And he must never contemplate hurting anyone by thought, word or deed.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Hurt, Deeds, Realizing

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• 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”

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• The satyagrahi should not have any hatred in his heart against the opponent.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Heart, Hatred, Opponents

  Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (1965). “Gandhi on Non-violence”, p.30, New Directions Publishing

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  Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.54, Courier Corporation

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• For satyagraha and its offshoots, non-co-operation and civil resistance, are nothing but new names for the law of suffering.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Names, Law, Suffering

  Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.79, Rajpal & Sons

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• Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Peace, Force, Mankind

  Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.77, A&C Black

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• Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Violent, Force, Invincible

  Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.51, Rajpal & Sons

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• Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The good man is the friend of all living things.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Life, Nature

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• My satyagrahi spirit tells me that I may not retaliate.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  May, Spirit

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

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• Even as satyagraha is a weapon unique of its kind and not one of the ordinary weapons used by people, so is Khadi, a unique article of commerce which will not, cannot, succeed on terms common to other articles.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Unique, People, Succeed

  Mahatma Gandhi (1935). “Young India, 1927-1928”

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• Satyagraha is itself an unmistakable mute prayer of an agonized soul.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Prayer, Soul, Mute

  Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Gandhigrams”

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• Non-co-operation and civil disobedience are but different branches of the same tree called satyagraha.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Tree, Branches, Different

  Mahatma Gandhi (1951). “Satyagraha: Non-violent Resistance”

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• In the dictionary of satyagraha, there is no enemy.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Enemy, Dictionary

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.96, Courier Corporation

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• A satyagrahi, whilst he is ever ready to fight, must be equally eager for peace.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Fighting, Ready

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

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Criminals, Cures, Submit

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

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