A satyagrahi would neither retaliate nor would he submit to the criminal, but seek to cure him by curing himself.
Mahatma GandhiGod has enabled me to affect the life of the country since 1920 without the necessity of office.
Mahatma GandhiLife becomes livable only to the extent that death is treated as a friend, never as an enemy.
Mahatma GandhiNonviolence, applied to very large masses of mankind, is a new experiment in the history of the world.
Mahatma GandhiHappiness, the goal to which we all are striving is reached by endeavoring to make the lives of others happy, and if by renouncing the luxuries of life we can lighten the burdens of others.... surely the simplification of our wants is a thing greatly to be desired! And so, if instead of supposing that we must become hermits and dwellers in caves in order to practice simplicity, we set about simplifying our affairs, each according to his own convictions and opportunity, much good will result and the simple life will at once be established.
Mahatma Gandhi