At The Centre Of Nonviolence Is A

Spiritually, Compulsory Disarmament Has Made Us Unmanly, And The Presence Of An Alien Army Of Occupation, Employed With Deadly Effect To Crush In Us The Spirit Of Resistance, Has Made Us Think We Cannot Look After Ourselves Or Put Up A Defense Against Foreign Aggression, Or Even Defend Our Homes And Families.

Whenever You Take A Step Forward, You Are Bound To Disturb Something. You Disturb The Air As You Go Forward, You Disturb The Dust, The Ground. You Trample Upon Things. When A Whole Society Moves Forward, This Trampling Is On A Much Bigger Scale; And Each Thing That You Disturb, Each Vested Interest Which You Want To Remove, Stands As An Obstacle.

Ahimsa Is The Eradication Of The Desire To Injure Or To Kill.

Moral Authority Is Never Retained By Any Attempt To Hold On To It. It Comes Without Seeking And Is Retained Without Effort.

Every Woman Will Tell The Curious That With The Disappearance Of The Spinning Wheel Vanished India's Happiness And Prosperity.