The Metta Center for Nonviolence

Nonviolence Daily

Nonviolence Daily is a thought-for-the-day from Gandhi with a short and inspiring commentary from Professor Michael Nagler from the Metta Center for Nonviolence. 

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The Metta Center for Nonviolence

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Latest episode

Oct 4, 2024

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Episodes

Day 65 11.08.2023

I believe in the conversion of mankind, not its destruction. From the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Volume 25. Music by SkyHiDigital

Day 64 10.08.2023

If I could persuade myself that I could find God in a Himalayan cave, I would proceed there immediately. But I know I cannot find God apart from humanity. Gandhi, August 29, 1936. Music by SkyHiDigital

Day 63 09.08.2023

The extension of the law of nonviolence in the domain of economics means nothing less than the introduction of moral values as a factor to be considered in regulating international commerce. Gandhi, Young India, December 26, 1924. Music by SkyHiDigital

Day 62 08.08.2023

All activity for stopping war must prove fruitless so long as the causes of war are not understood and radically dealt with. That’s Gandhi, February 11, 1939. Music by SkyHiDigital

Day 61 07.08.2023

Independence must begin at the bottom. That’s Gandhi from July 28, 1946. Music by SkyHiDigital

Day 60 04.08.2023

Has not the atom bomb proved the futility of all violence? Gandhi, March 10, 1946. Music by SkyHiDigital

Day 59 03.08.2023

Men generally hesitate to make a beginning if they feel that the objective cannot be had in its entirety. Such an attitude of mind is, in reality, a bar to progress. Gandhi, November 11, 1940. Music by SkyHiDigital

Day 58 02.08.2023

My 70 years experience has taught me that the truly great are often those of whom and of whose greatness the world knows nothing during their lifetime. Gandhi, December 10, 1938. Music by SkyHiDigital

Day 57 01.08.2023

A man who aspires after that cannot keep out of any field of life. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth. Music by SkyHiDigital

Day 56 31.07.2023

I’m a humble explorer of the science of nonviolence. Gandhi, Young India, November 20, 1924. Music by SkyHiDigital

Day 55 28.07.2023

Repression itself affords a training in satyagraha. Even as an unsought war affords a training for the soldier. Gandhi, April 8, 1939. Music by SkyHiDigital

Day 54 27.07.2023

I advise women to resort to civil rebellion against all undesirable and unworthy restraints. Gandhi, March 23, 1947. Music by SkyHiDigital

Day 53 26.07.2023

The law of love will work just as the law of gravitation will work, whether we accept it or not. Gandhi, The Nation’s Voice Part II. Music by SkyHiDigital

Day 52 25.07.2023

Service is not possible unless it is rooted in love or ahimsa. Gandhi, Truth is God. Music by SkyHiDigital

Day 51 24.07.2023

Mere abstention from physical violence will not meet our purpose. Gandhi , June 10, 1939. Music by SkyHiDigital

Day 50 21.07.2023

The golden way is to be friends with the world and to regard the whole human family like members of one family. Gandhi , Young India, May 11, 1921. Music by SkyHiDigital

Day 49 20.07.2023

A Swadeshi will learn to do without hundreds of things which today he considers necessary. Selected writing of Mahatma Gandhi . Music by SkyHiDigital

Day 48 19.07.2023

If we want to cultivate a true spirit of democracy, we cannot afford to be intolerant. Gandhi, Young India , February 2, 1921. Music by SkyHiDigital

Day 47 18.07.2023

The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular. Gandhi, Young India , February 23, 1921.

Day 46 17.07.2023

Exploitation is the essence of violence. Gandhi , August 25, 1939. Music by SkyHiDigital

Day 45 14.07.2023

What appears as truth to one person may appear as untruth to another. From Gandhi’s writing Yeravda Mandir . Music by SkyHiDigital

Day 44 13.07.2023

The world today is moving towards the ideal of collective or cooperative effort in every department of life. That’s from February 5, 1942. Music by SkyHiDigital

Day 43 12.07.2023

Non-co-operation is an attempt to awaken the masses to a sense of their dignity and power. Young India , February 1, 1920. Music by SkyHiDigital

Day 42 11.07.2023

It is not any single isolated act which can be called Satyagraha apart from the spirit behind. Young India , September 24, 1925 Music by SkyHiDigital

Day 41 10.07.2023

Goodness becomes dynamic only when it is practiced in the face of evil. Gandhi, Letter in Young India , April 13, 1921. Music by SkyHiDigital

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