"The principle of ahimsa is hurt by every evil thought, by undue haste, by lying, by hatred, by wishing ill to anybody."
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"Courtesy towards opponents and eagerness to understand their view-point is the ABC of non-violence."
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"Many could forgo heavy meals, a full wardrobe, a fine house, etcetera. It is the ego they cannot forgo."
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"The nation's non-co-operation is an invitation to the Government to co-operate with it on its own terms, as is every nation's right and every good government's duty."
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"Nonviolent non-co-operation with evil means co-operation with all that is good."
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"A man or a woman who serves the country with all his or her heart stands on par with the tallest Congress-man."
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"History is replete with instances of men, who, by dying with courage and compassion on their lips converted the hearts of their violent opponents."
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"Ahimsa is my God, and Truth is my God."
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"It only confirms me in my belief that there is no Swaraj without a settlement with the Mussalmans."
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"Waiting on God means increasing purity."
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"No man has ever been able to describe God fully. The same holds true of ahimsa."
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"God is Light, not darkness. God is Love, not hate. God is truth, not untruth. God alone is great."
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"Ram Mohan Roy would have been a greater reformer and Lokmanya Tilak a greater scholar if they had not to start with the handicap of having to think in English and transmit their thoughts chiefly in English."
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"When we fear God, then we shall fear no man, however high-placed he may be."
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"If it is man's privilege to be independent, it is equally his duty to be inter - dependent."
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"The bravery of the nonviolent is vastly superior to that of the violent."
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"The weapon of nonviolence does not need supermen or superwomen to wield it; even beings of common clay can use it and have used it before this with success."
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"There must be power in the word of a satyagraha general, not the power that the possession of limitless arms gives, but the power that purifies life which strict vigilance and a ceaseless application produce."
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"A nonviolent person's life is always at the disposal of him who would take it."
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"Nonviolent action without the co-operation of the heart and the head cannot produce the intended result."
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