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A Satyagrahi Would Neither Retaliate Nor Would He Submit To The Criminal, But Seek To Cure Him By Curing Himself.

I Do Believe That, Where There Is Only A Choice Between Cowardice And Violence, I Would Advise Violence. I Would Rather Have India Resort To Arms In Order To Defend Her Honour Than That She Should, In A Cowardly Manner, Become Or Remain A Helpless Witness To Her Own Dishonour. But I Believe That Nonviolence Is Infinitely Superior To Violence, Forgiveness Is More Manly Than Punishment.

I Have Found By Experience That Man Makes His Plans To Be Upset By God, But, At The Same Time, Where The Ultimate Goal Is The Search Of Truth, On Matter How A Man's Plans Are Frustrated The Issue Is Never Injurious And Often Better Than Anticipated.

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.

It Is Good To See Ourselves As Others See Us. Try As We May, We Are Never Able To Know Ourselves Fully As We Are, Especially The Evil Side Of Us. This We Can Do Only If We Are Not Angry With Our Critics But Will Take In Good Heart Whatever They Might Have To Say.