“It is claimed for satyagraha that it is a complete substitute for violence or war.”
Source: The Essential Writings
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“For a satyagrahi brigade only those are eligible who believe in ahimsa and satya.”
Source: The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation
“Satyagraha is a force that has come to stay. No force in the world can kill it.”
Source: Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi
“Satyagraha does not begin and end with civil disobedience.”
Source: The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation
“A clear victory of satyagraha is impossible so long as there is ill will.”
Source: Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects
“I regard the constituent assembly as the substitute ofsatyagraha. It is constructive satyagraha.”
Source: The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation
Source: Collected Works
“Without satyagraha carried out in the proper spirit, there is no victory, no Swaraj.”
Source: Gandhi on Nehru
Source: India of My Dreams
Source: India of My Dreams
“Not those who shout 'satyagraha', 'satyagraha' will do satyagraha, but those who will work for it.”
“My satyagrahi spirit tells me that I may not retaliate.”
Source: Young India, 1924-1926
“A satyagrahi has infinite patience, abundant faith in others, and ample hope.”
Source: The essence of Hinduism
“A satyagrahi cannot go to law for a personal wrong.”
Source: Satyagraha: Non-violent Resistance
“A satyagrahi loves his so-called enemy even as he loves his friend. He has no enemy.”
Source: Satyagraha (non-violent Resistance)
Source: Satyagraha (non-violent Resistance)
“The satyagrahi should not have any hatred in his heart against the opponent.”
Source: Gandhi on Non-violence
“There is no time limit for a satyagrahi nor is there a limit to his capacity for suffering.”
Source: The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts
“A satyagrahi is dead to his body even before the enemy attempts to kill him.”
Source: Collected Works
Source: Satyagraha (non-violent Resistance)
“No confirmed satyagrahi is dismayed by dangers, seen or unseen, from his opponent's side.”
Source: Collected Works
“To die without killing is the badge of a satyagrahi.”
Source: Gandhi on Nehru
“A satyagrahi is nothing if not instinctively law-abiding.”
Source: Collected Works: (1918:Aug.-1919:Jul.)
“A satyagrahi exhausts all other means before he resorts to satyagraha.”
Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi
“A satyagrahi, whilst he is ever ready to fight, must be equally eager for peace.”
“In the code of the satyagrahi, there is no such thing as surrender to brute force.”
Source: Satyagraha (non-violent Resistance)
Source: Gandhi on Non-violence
Source: Gandhi on Nehru
Source: Satyagraha: Non-violent Resistance
“Violence is a concession to human weakness, satyagraha is an obligation.”
Source: Collected Works
Source: Hind Swaraj
Source: The Dawn of Freedom
“In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.”
Source: The Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi: Satyagraha in South Africa