In the application of Satyagraha, I discovered, in the earliest stages, that pursuit of Truth did not admit of violence being inflicted on one's opponent, but that he must be weaned from error by patience and sympathy. For, what appears to be truth to the one may appear to be error to the other. And patience means self-suffering. So the doctrine came to mean vindication of Truth, not by infliction of suffering on the opponent but one's own self.
My opposition to the socialist and the other consists in attacking violence as a means of effecting any lasting reform.
An unjust law in itself is an act of violence.
Violence begins with the fork.
I came in contact with every known Indian anarchist in London. Their bravery impressed me, but I felt that their zeal was misguided. I felt that violence was no remedy for India's ills, and that her civilisation required the use of a different and higher weapon for self-protection. - Hind Swaraj
It is no non-violence if we merely love those that love us. It is non-violence only when we love those that hate us.
Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.