Nonviolence Daily

And if we go deeply into the matter, we shall come across men in every walk of life who lead dedicated lives. No doubt these sacrifices obtain their livelihood by their work, but their livelihood is not their objective, but only a byproduct of their vocation.  -Gandhi, Yeravda Mandir https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

We have to live and move and have our being in nonviolence, even as Hitler does in violence.  -Gandhi, July 21, 1940 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

Confession of an error is like a broom that sweeps away dirt and leaves the surface cleaner than before.  -Gandhi, February 16, 1946  https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

The rays of the sun are many through refraction, but they have the same source.  -Gandhi, Young India, December 3, 1925 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

Satyagraha thrives on oppression, till at last the oppressor is tired of it and the object of satyagraha is gained. -Gandhi. Mahatma. Volume 6 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

Only one who has exhausted all efforts may say that he can do nothing more.  -Gandhi, Mahatma, Volume 4 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

It is a heavy downpour of rain that drenches the soil to fullness, likewise only a profuse shower of love overcomes hatred. -Gandhi, The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

Formerly, when people wanted to fight with one another, they measured between them their bodily strength; now, it is possible to take away thousands of lives by one man working behind a gun from a hill. This is civilization.... This civilization is such that one has only to be patient and it will be self-destroyed. -Gandhi, Speeches and Writings of Mahatma Gandhi

A democrat must be utterly selfless. He must think and dream, not in terms of self or of party, but only of democracy. -Gandhi, Mahatma https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

But as our nonviolence was the nonviolence of the weak, the leaven did not spread. Had we adopted nonviolence as the weapon of the strong, because we realize that it was more effective than any other weapon, in fact, the mightiest force in the world, we would have made use of its full potency and not have discarded it as soon as the fight against the British was over. -Gandhi, Pyarelal: The Last P...

Cow protection is, quote, a practical application of the belief in the oneness, and therefore the sacredness of all life. -Gandhi, Hindu Dharma  https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

My experience teaches me that truth can never be propagated by doing violence.  -Gandhi, The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

My nonviolence is made of stern stuff. It is firmer than the firmest metal known to the scientist.  -Gandhi, Mahatma. Volume 5 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

So is the capacity for civil disobedience acquired after one has disciplined oneself in complete and voluntary obedience to the laws of the land.  -Gandhi, March 17, 1946 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

Swaraj of a people means the sum total of the swaraj of individuals.  -Gandhi. March 25, 1939 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

My personal religion premptorily forbids me to hate anybody.  -Gandhi, Young India, August 6, 1925 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

Power that comes from service faithfully rendered ennobles power that is sought in the name of service and can only be obtained by a majority of votes is a delusion and a snare to be avoided. -Gandhi, Young India, September 11, 1924 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

I cannot conceive of a greater loss to a man than the loss of his self-respect.  -Gandhi, Satyagraha in South Africa https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

I believe in trusting. Trust begets trust. -Gandhi, Young India, June 4, 1925 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

We do not want to universalize the charkha through mass production in one place. -Gandhi, October 20, 1946. https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

The true source of rights is duty.  -Gandhi, Mahatma, Volume 2 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

Bereavement ceases to leave us desolate when the death of our dear one only spurs us on to a more vivid consciousness of our duty.  -Gandhi,  letter to Devdas, July 24, 1918 in Day to Day with Gandhi (Secretary's Diary), Volume 1 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

Every man has an equal right to the necessaries of life, even as birds and beasts have.  -Gandhi, Young India, March 26, 1931 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

I set a high value on my experiments.  -Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

He who has a living faith in God will not do evil deeds with the name of God on his lips.  -Gandhi,  Mahatma, Volume 4 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony