Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
The weak can never forgive.
Non-violence can truly flourish when the world is free of poverty, hunger, discrimination, exclusion, intolerance and hatred - when women and men can realize their highest potential and live a secure and fulfilling life. Until then, each and every one of us would have to contribute - collectively and individually - to build peace through non-violence.
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall... think of it, always.
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.
Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
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.
A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Courtesy towards opponents and eagerness to understand their view-point is the ABC of non-violence.
It is my conviction that there is no way to peace - peace is the way.
Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
Nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation.
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.
Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political moral questions of our time.
The ideally non-violent state will be an ordered anarchy.
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate... Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won.
There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenceless people.
If non-violence is the Law of our being, the future is with Women.
Peace is its own reward.
Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.
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