Nonviolence Daily

By a long course of prayerful discipline, I have ceased for over 40 years to hate anybody. I know that this is a big claim, nevertheless I make it in all humility. Gandhi , Young India, June 18, 1925 Music by SkyHiDigital

Whatever cannot be shared with the masses is taboo to me. Gandhi , November 2, 1934 Music by SkyHiDigital

I have no desire to cause you unnecessary embarrassment or any at all, so far as I can help. Gandhi, from a letter in Young India , March 12, 1930. Music by SkyHiDigital

Examples gained in two schools under my control has taught me that punishment does not purify. If anything, it hardens children. Mahatma, Volume II. Music by SkyHiDigital

Those who own money now are asked to behave like trustees, holding their riches on behalf of the poor. Modern Review , October 1935. Music by SkyHiDigital

Violence, like water, when it has an outlet, rushes forward furiously with an overwhelming force. Nonviolence cannot act madly. It is the essence of discipline. Gandhi , March 21, 1939. Music by SkyHiDigital

I believe that true democracy can only be an outcome of nonviolence. That’s from Gandhi ’s correspondence with the government, 1942 to 1944. Music by SkyHiDigital

A sincere prayer can work wonders. Gandhi , March 24, 1920. Music by SkyHiDigital

One cannot forgive too much. Gandhi , April 2, 1931 Music by SkyHiDigital

If we could erase the ‘I’s’ and ‘Mine’s’ from religion, politics, economics, we shall soon be free and bring heaven upon earth. Gandhi , Young India, September 3, 1926 Music by SkyHiDigital

I have wisdom enough to know my limitations. Gandhi , July 23, 1938. Music by SkyHiDigital

My effort should never be to undermine another’s faith, but to make them a better follower of their own faith. Gandhi, Mahatma , Volume II. Music by SkyHiDigital

The conviction has been growing upon me that things and fundamental importance to the people are not secured by reason alone, but have to be purchased with their suffering. Gandhi, March 19, 1931 Music by SkyHiDigital

A small body of determined spirits, fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission, can alter the course of history.  -Gandhi, November 19, 1936. Music by SkyHiDigital

he more we give up our attachment to the physical frame of the person we love, the purer and more expansive our love grows.  -Gandhi, in, “ Day to Day with Gandhi ,” Volume I. Music by SkyHiDigital

My life has been an open book. I have no secrets, and I encourage no secrets. -Gandhi, March 19, 1931 Music by SkyHiDigital

I cannot impose my personal faith on others. Never on a national organization. I can but try to convince the nation of its beauty and its usefulness.   -Gandhi, November 20, 1924 Music by SkyHiDigital

Satyagraha is a law of universal application. Beginning with the family, its use can be extended to every other circle.  -Gandhi, March 31, 1946 Music by SkyHiDigital

Nonviolence should never be used as a shield for cowardice. It is a weapon of the brave.  -Gandhi – Mahatma, Volume VII. Music by SkyHiDigital

We have lost the power of saying no. It had become disloyal, almost sacrilegious to say no to the government.  -Gandhi, June 1, 1921. Music by SkyHiDigital

“If you had hurt an Englishmen,” said Jan Smuts, “I would have shot you, even deported your people. As it is, I would have put you in prison and tried to subdue you and your people in every way. But how long can I go on like this when you do not retaliate?” - -Gandhi, September 26, 1946. Music by SkyHiDigital

The practice of law ought not to mean taken more daily than say a village carpenter’s wages.  -Gandhi, July 13, 1940. Music by SkyHiDigital

Not knowing the stuff of which nonviolence is made, many have honestly believed that running away from danger every time was a virtue compared to offering resistance - Gandhi, July 1935 Music by SkyHiDigital

Satyagraha is gentle. It never wounds.  Gandhi, April 5, 1933 Music by SkyHiDigital

Compassion or love is the human being’s greatest excellence. Gandhi, August. 9, 1913. Music by SkyHiDigital