"A society or a nation constructed nonviolently..." - Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
A society or a nation constructed nonviolently must be able to withstand attack upon its structure from without or within.
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“The essence of true religious teaching is that one should serve and befriend all.”
“It is degrading both for man and woman that woman should be called upon or induced to forsake the hearth and shoulder the rifle for the protection of that hearth.”
“That we should obey laws whether good or bad is a new-fangled notion. There was no such thing in former days. The people disregarded those laws they did not like and suffered the penalties for their breach.”
More on Nonviolence
“I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage.”
“I'm concerned about a better world. I'm concerned about justice; I'm concerned about brotherhood; I'm concerned about truth. And when one is concerned about that, he can never advocate violence. For through violence you may murder a murderer, but you can't murder murder. Through violence you may murder a liar, but you can't establish truth. Through violence you may murder a hater, but you can't murder hate through violence. Darkness cannot put out darkness; only light can do that.”
“A country whose culture is based on nonviolence will find it necessary to have every home as much self-contained as possible.”
More on Society
“If people insist that honor is dearer than life itself, what they really mean is that existence and well-being are as nothing compared with other people's opinions. Of course, this may be only an exaggerated way of stating the prosaic truth that reputation, that is, the opinion others have of us, is indispensable if we are to make any progress in the world.”
“It would be better if there were but one inhabitant to a square mile, as where I live.”
“Rather perish than hate and fear, and twice rather perish than make oneself hated and feared — this must some day become the highest maxim for every single commonwealth.”