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

Source: Gandhi on Non-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.”

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Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.”

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Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.”

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Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.”

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Book:Metaphysical Foundation of Mahatma Gandhi's Thought

Source: Metaphysical Foundation of Mahatma Gandhi's Thought

“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.”

Source: All Men Are Brothers

“The golden beams of truth and the silken cords of love, twisted together, will draw men on with a sweet violence, whether they will or not.”

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Book:A Sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at Westminster, March 31. 1647

Source: A Sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at Westminster, March 31. 1647

“I lifted the white cloth from the white face of the man that I had worshipped as an idol-looked upon as a demi-god. Notwithstanding the violence of the death of the President, there was something beautiful as well as grandly solemn in the expression of the placid face. There lurked the sweetness and gentleness of childhood, and the stately grandeur of godlike intellect. I gazed long at the face, and turned away with tears in my eyes and a choking sensation in my throat. Ah! never was man so widely mourned before. The whole world bowed their heads in grief when Abraham Lincoln died.”

“I believe order is better than chaos, creation better than destruction. I prefer gentleness to violence, forgiveness to vendetta. On the whole I think that knowledge is preferable to ignorance, and I am sure that human sympathy is more valuable than ideology. I believe that in spite of the recent triumphs of science, men haven't changed much in the last two thousand years; and in consequence we must try to learn from history.”