The function of violence is to obtain reform by external means, the function of passive resistance, that is, soul-force, is to obtain it by growth from within, which, in its turn, is obtained by self-suffering, self-purification.
Mahatma GandhiNonviolent non-co-operators can only succeed when they have succeeded in attaining control over the hooligans of India.
Mahatma GandhiWe no longer have a choice between violence and non-violence. The choice of today stands between nonviolence or non-existence.
Mahatma GandhiI am the only one, whom you may find it hard to get rid of, for I have always counted myself as a woman.
Mahatma Gandhi