Nonviolence Daily

Nothing should be taught to children by force. -Gandhi, Ashram Observances in Action https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

If even one nation were unconditionally to perform the supreme act of renunciation, may of us would see in our lifetime visible peace established on earth. -Gandhi, May 16, 1936 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

I do not believe that the Gita teaches violence for doing good. It is pre-eminently a description of the duel that goes on in our own hearts. -Gandhi, August 24, 1934 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

If we all discharge our duties, rights will not be far to seek. If, leaving duties unperformed, we run after rights, they will escape us like a will-o-the-wisp. -Gandhi, Young India, January 8, 1925 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

There is no time-limit for a Satyagrahi nor is there a limit to his capacity for suffering. Hence there is no such thing as a defeat in Satyagraha. -Gandhi, from the Satyagraha leaflets, No. 14, May 14 1919 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

It is to me a matter of perennial satisfaction that I retain generally the affection and trust of those whose principles and policies I oppose. -Gandhi, Young India, March 17, 1927 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

Whoever tries to serve his private ends without serving others harms himself as well as the world at large. The reason is obvious. -Gandhi, Ashram Observances in Action https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

God is not a power residing in the clouds. God is an unseen power residing within us, and nearer to us than fingernails to the flesh. -Gandhi, Truth is God https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

In my opinion, Rama, Rahaman, Ahuramazda, God, or Krishna are all attempts on the part of man to name that invisible force which is the greatest of all forces. -Gandhi, August 18, 1946 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

Their partiality for their own standpoint came in the way of their giving due weight to the arguments of their opponents. -Gandhi, Ashram Observances in Action https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

The clearest possible definition of the goal and its appreciation would fail to take us there if we do not know and utilize the means of achieving it. -Gandhi, September 17, 1933 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

The real rulers are the toiling millions. -Gandhi, June 15, 1947 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

Patience and perseverance, if we have them, overcome mountains of difficulties. -Gandhi, May 16, 1935 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

I must strive my utmost, during the coming year of grace, to express in every little act of mine whatever love I am capable of. -Gandhi, Young India, October 23, 1924 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

I take up my task of leading you in this struggle, not as your commander, not as your controller, but as the humble servant of you all. -Gandhi, Press Report, August 8, 1942 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

Human nature will find itself only when it fully realizes that to be human it has to cease to be brutal. -Gandhi, October 8, 1938 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

It is not literacy or learning which makes a man, but education for real life. -Gandhi, February 2, 1947 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

Not to think badly of anyone, not to wish ill to him, they we have suffered at his hands, not to hurt him, even in thought, this is an uphill task, but therein lies the acid test of nonviolence. -Gandhi, Ashram Observances in Action https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

We have instances in history where terrorism has failed to impose the terrorist’s will upon his victim. -Gandhi, Young India, June 9, 1920 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

Ill-digested principles are, if anything, worse than ill-digested food. -Gandhi, Mahatma, Volume 4 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

I cannot attain freedom by a mechanical refusal to act, but only by intelligent action in a detached manner. -Gandhi, Young India, September 17, 1921 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

Man is both matter and spirit, each acting on and affecting the other. -The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

True art takes note not merely of form, but also of what lies behind. -The mind of Mahatma Gandhi https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

Cow protection to me is one of the most wonderful phenomena in human evolution. -Gandhi, January 1, 1925 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony

I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith. -Gandhi, October 3, 1936 https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencedaily Music by https://skyhidigital.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-harmony