Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

It is no longer a choice between violence and nonviolence in this world; it's nonviolence or nonexistence. That is where we are today.

We will never bring peace at the hands of war. As a species we have to rise above it.

Nonviolence is an imperative in order to bring about ultimate community.

With God as witness, I want to proclaim this truth, that the way of violence cannot bring Swaraj, it can only lead to disaster.

Ahimsa is my God, and Truth is my God.

Nonviolence is the only way. Even if you achieve your goal by violent means there are always side effects, and these can be worse than the problem. Violence is against human nature.

Without real nonviolence, there would be perfect anarchy.

We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.

Unless now the world adopts nonviolence, it will spell certain suicide for mankind.

Truth (satya) is positive, nonviolence is negative.

In the dictionary of satyagraha, there is no enemy.

Nonviolence is essentially based on recognizing the humanity in every one one of us.

No more war, war never again! Peace, it is peace which must guide the destinies of people and of all mankind.

Permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence

The only virtue I want to claim is truth and nonviolence.

Truth is self-evident, nonviolence is its maturest fruit. It is contained in truth, but is not self-evident.

Non-violence ... is the only thing that the atom bomb cannot destroy. I did not move a muscle when I first heard that the atom bomb had wiped out Hiroshima. On the contrary, I said to myself, Unless now the world adopts non-violence, it will spell certain suicide for mankind.

Weapons are the tools of violence;all decent men detest them.Weapons are the tools of fear;a decent man will avoid themexcept in the direst necessityand, if compelled, will use themonly with the utmost restraint.Peace is his highest value.If the peace has been shattered,how can he be content?His enemies are not demons,but human beings like himself.He doesn't wish them personal harm.Nor does he rejoice in victory.How could he rejoice in victoryand delight in the slaughter of men?He enters a battle gravely,with sorrow and with great compassion,as if he were attending a funeral

The fragrance of nonviolence was never sweeter than it was today amidst the stink of violence of the most cowardly type that was being displayed in the cities of India.

Man invents war. Man discovers peace. He invents war from without. He discovers peace from within. War man throws. Peace man sows. The smile of war is the flood of human blood. The smile of peace is the love, below, above.

Nonviolence is an unchangeable creed. It has to be pursued even in face of violence raging around you.

Our struggle consists in showing that our nonviolence is neither a cloak to hide our violence or hatred, nor a preparation for violence in the near or distant future.

War is not the answer. Violence is not the solution. A more peaceful world is possible.

We still have a choice today: nonviolence coesistence or violent coannihilation.