Satyagraha is a purely spiritual weapon.

Satyagraha is an attribute of the spirit within.

Satyagraha is search for Truth, and God is Truth.

A satyagrahi cannot go to law for a personal wrong.

In the dictionary of satyagraha, there is no enemy.

To die without killing is the badge of a satyagrahi.

My satyagrahi spirit tells me that I may not retaliate.

A satyagrahi is nothing if not instinctively law-abiding.

Satyagraha does not begin and end with civil disobedience.

In satyagraha, a courted imprisonment carries its own praise.

Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.

Satyagraha is itself an unmistakable mute prayer of an agonized soul.

Satyagraha has been designed as an effective substitute for violence.

A satyagrahi exhausts all other means before he resorts to satyagraha.

Violence is a concession to human weakness, satyagraha is an obligation.

A satyagrahi is dead to his body even before the enemy attempts to kill him.

A satyagrahi has infinite patience, abundant faith in others, and ample hope.

Satyagraha is a force that has come to stay. No force in the world can kill it.

Satyagraha is a relentless search for truth and a determination to search truth.

A satyagrahi, whilst he is ever ready to fight, must be equally eager for peace.

For a satyagrahi brigade only those are eligible who believe in ahimsa and satya.

In the code of the satyagrahi, there is no such thing as surrender to brute force.

Without satyagraha carried out in the proper spirit, there is no victory, no Swaraj.

A satyagrahi loves his so-called enemy even as he loves his friend. He has no enemy.

Satyagraha does not depend on outside help, it derives all its strength from within.

Satyagraha, of which civil resistance is but a part, is to me the universal law of life.

I regard the constituent assembly as the substitute ofsatyagraha. It is constructive satyagraha.

A satyagrahi lays down his life, but never gives up. That is the meaning of the 'do or die' slogan.

Satyagraha and civil disobedience and fasts have nothing in common with the use of force, veiled or open.

A satyagrahi has always his minimum and it is this minimum that is wanted in connection with this struggle.

My purpose is to describe experiments in the science ofsatyagraha and not at all to describe how good I am.

A satyagrahi would neither retaliate nor would he submit to the criminal, but seek to cure him by curing himself.

Satyagraha thrives on repression till at last the repressor is tired of it and the object of satyagraha is gained.

A satyagrahi has no other stay but God, and he who has any other stay or depends on any other help cannot offer satyagraha.

Force that the performance of duty naturally generates is the non-violent and invincible force that satyagraha brings into being.

There is a vital connection between satyagraha and charkha, and the more I find that belief challenged, the more I am confirmed in it.

There is no "playing with truth" in the Charkha programme, for satyagraha is not predominantly civil disobedience but a quiet and irresistible pursuit of Truth.

The satyagrahi general has to obey his inner voice, for over and above the situation outside he examines himself constantly and listens to the dictates of the inner self.

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