"That nonviolence which only an individual can use is not of much use in terms of society."
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"A satyagrahi is sometimes bound to use language which is capable of two meanings, provided both the meanings are obvious and necessary and there is no intention to deceive anyone."
"Love requires that true education should be easily accessible to all and should be of use to every villager in this daily life. The emphasis laid on the principle of spending every minute of one's life usefully is the best education for citizenship."
"Since satyagraha is a method of conversion and conviction, it seeks never to use the slightest coercion."
"Coal is not dear for the coal-miner who can use it there and then, nor is khadi dear for the villager who manufactures his own khadi."
"Boycott of foreign cloth through picketing may easily be violent; through the use of khadi it is most natural and absolutely nonviolent."
"Satyagraha and civil disobedience and fasts have nothing in common with the use of force, veiled or open."
"Satyagraha is a law for universal application. Beginning with the family, its use can be extended to every other circle."
"The singular secret of khaddar lies in its saleability in the place of its production and use by the manufacturers themselves."
"... we have to learn to use that force (love) among all that lives, and in the use of it consists our knowledge of God. Where there is love there is life; hatred leads to destruction."
"Use the light to return to clarity."
"I find hair things really hard because I can't do my own hair. The only thing I use for my hair is a Tangle Teezer. It's the best thing ever for everyone that has long hair."
"My mom says I'm destined to be the sort of man who uses big words but pronounces them incorrectly."
"I love makin' music, so whether I'ma make money at it or not, I'ma still do it. The thing is, I've gotten to a point where I don't have to use music to make a livin', so I can do it for fun like I used to when I was young."
"You can go raise the money outside of the industry, and then what you're doing is fighting with your money to get back into the industry, or for them to use your money instead of their own. So, you got to figure out how to do it within the flow of the industry."
"Take the ideas that speak to you. Use your imagination. Create something wonderful."
"Good luck - it's always ready to use in case."
"Take what you can do and use it for the highest good to benefit others."
"Don't complain about what you don't have. Use what you've got. To do less than your best is a sin. Every single one of us has the power for greatness, because greatness is determined by service-to yourself and to others."
"Clocks and calendars do not exist to remind us of the Time we've forgotten but to regulate our relations with others and indeed all of society, and this is how we use them."