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“Enter with me into the sufferings, not only of the people of India but of the whole world. Nonviolence is a more active and real fight against wickedness than retaliation whose very nature is to increase wickedness. It is not a weapon of the weak. It is a weapon of the strongest and bravest.”

People World Real Whole Suffering Fighting Weapons Weak India Increase Active Whole World Strongest Nonviolence Wickedness Retaliation

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“India has an unbroken tradition of nonviolence from times immemorial.”

Tradition India Nonviolence Unbroken

Book:The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi

Source: The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi

“It is my unshakable belief that India's destiny is to deliver the message of nonviolence to mankind.”

Belief Destiny Mankind Messages India Nonviolence Unshakable

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“The fragrance of nonviolence was never sweeter than it was today amidst the stink of violence of the most cowardly type that was being displayed in the cities of India.”

Today Cities Violence Type India Nonviolence Fragrance Cowardly Stink

Book:Communal Unity

Source: Communal Unity

“Unexampled bravery, born of nonviolence, coupled with strict honesty shown by a fair number of Muslims, is sure to infect the whole of India.”

Whole Born Numbers Honesty Fairs India Bravery Nonviolence Strict

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“Unless nonviolence of the strong is really developed among us, there should be no thought of civil disobedience for Swaraj, whether within the states or in British India.”

Should States Strong India British Nonviolence Disobedience Civil Disobedience

Book:The Indian States' Problem

Source: The Indian States' Problem

“The Indian government has managed to turn the concept of nonviolence on its head. Nonviolent resistance and nonviolent governance. Unlike, say, China or Turkey or Indonesia, India doesn't mow down its people. It doesn't kill people who are refusing to move. It just waits it out. It continues to do what it has to do and ignores the consequences.”

People Government Moving Turns Waiting Concepts Consequence India China Resistance Indian Nonviolence Turkeys Governance Indonesia Nonviolent Resistance

Author:Arundhati Roy

“In 1989, thirteen nations comprising 1,695,000 people experienced nonviolent revolutions that succeeded beyond anyone's wildest expectations . . . If we add all the countries touched by major nonviolent actions in our century (the Philippines, South Africa . . . the independence movement in India . . .) the figure reaches 3,337,400,000, a staggering 65% of humanity! All this in the teeth of the assertion, endlessly repeated, that nonviolence doesn't work in the 'real' world.”

“The Jain religion in India teaches that because all life is essentially interrelated and interconnected, all living beings should be considered sacred and be respected. This belief forms the basis of the doctrine of ahimsa, which has been translated into English variously as "reverence for life," "nonviolence," and "dynamic compassion."”

Should Has Beens Form Life Is Belief Compassion Teach India Bases Sacred Doctrine Reverence Nonviolence Interconnected Ahimsa Reverence For Life

Book:Sacred Trees

Source: Sacred Trees

“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.”

Source: Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace