"I regard the constituent assembly as the substitute ofsatyagraha. It is constructive satyagraha."
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"Satyagraha does not begin and end with civil disobedience."
"Satyagraha is a force that has come to stay. No force in the world can kill it."
"Satyagraha is itself an unmistakable mute prayer of an agonized soul."
"In the code of the satyagrahi, there is no such thing as surrender to brute force."
"A satyagrahi is nothing if not instinctively law-abiding."
"To die without killing is the badge of a satyagrahi."
"A satyagrahi is dead to his body even before the enemy attempts to kill him."
"A satyagrahi has always his minimum and it is this minimum that is wanted in connection with this struggle."
"A satyagrahi loves his so-called enemy even as he loves his friend. He has no enemy."
"A satyagrahi cannot go to law for a personal wrong."
"A satyagrahi has infinite patience, abundant faith in others, and ample hope."
"For a satyagrahi brigade only those are eligible who believe in ahimsa and satya."
"My purpose is to describe experiments in the science ofsatyagraha and not at all to describe how good I am."
"Satyagraha does not depend on outside help, it derives all its strength from within."
"Satyagraha is search for Truth, and God is Truth."
"In satyagraha, a courted imprisonment carries its own praise."
"Satyagraha thrives on repression till at last the repressor is tired of it and the object of satyagraha is gained."
"Satyagraha is a purely spiritual weapon."
"Satyagraha and civil disobedience and fasts have nothing in common with the use of force, veiled or open."