Nonviolence Daily

Nonviolence Daily

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Nonviolence Daily episodes

  • Day 165

    Nothing should be taught to children by force.

    -Gandhi, Ashram Observances in Action

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  • Day 164

    If even one nation were unconditionally to perform the supreme act of renunciation, may of us would see in our lifetime visible peace established on earth.

    -Gandhi, May 16, 1936


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  • Day 163

    I do not believe that the Gita teaches violence for doing good. It is pre-eminently a description of the duel that goes on in our own hearts.

    -Gandhi, August 24, 1934

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  • Day 162

    If we all discharge our duties, rights will not be far to seek. If, leaving duties unperformed, we run after rights, they will escape us like a will-o-the-wisp.

    -Gandhi, Young India, January 8, 1925


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  • Day 161

    There is no time-limit for a Satyagrahi nor is there a limit to his capacity for suffering. Hence there is no such thing as a defeat in Satyagraha.

    -Gandhi, from the Satyagraha leaflets, No. 14, May 14 1919


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  • Day 160

    It is to me a matter of perennial satisfaction that I retain generally the affection and trust of those whose principles and policies I oppose.

    -Gandhi, Young India, March 17, 1927

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  • Day 159

    Whoever tries to serve his private ends without serving others harms himself as well as the world at large. The reason is obvious.

    -Gandhi, Ashram Observances in Action


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  • Day 158

    God is not a power residing in the clouds. God is an unseen power residing within us, and nearer to us than fingernails to the flesh.

    -Gandhi, Truth is God


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  • Day 157

    In my opinion, Rama, Rahaman, Ahuramazda, God, or Krishna are all attempts on the part of man to name that invisible force which is the greatest of all forces.

    -Gandhi, August 18, 1946


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  • Day 156

    Their partiality for their own standpoint came in the way of their giving due weight to the arguments of their opponents.

    -Gandhi, Ashram Observances in Action


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Nonviolence Daily is a thought-for-the-day from Gandhi with a short and inspiring commentary from Professor Michael Nagler from the Metta Center for Nonviolence.