Mahatma Gandhi

If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children. 
~ Mahatma Gandhi (born: 1869-10-02 died: 1948-01-30 at age: 78)

Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality. 
~ Mahatma Gandhi
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? 
The good man is the friend of all living things. 
~ Mahatma Gandhi

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. 
~ Mahatma Gandhi 
Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain. 
~ Mahatma Gandhi (

However much I may sympathise with and admire worthy motives, I am an uncompromising opponent of violent methods even to serve the noblest of causes. 
~ Mahatma Gandhi 
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. 
~ Mahatma Gandh
I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill. 
~ Mahatma Gandhi (
Nonviolence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being. 
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit. 
~ Mahatma Gandhi

Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself. 
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Non-violence is not a quality to be evolved or expressed to order. It is an inward growth depending for sustenance upon intense individual effort. 
~ Mahatma Gandhi