A Quote by Mahatma Gandhi

Nonviolence is the law of the human race and is infinitely greater than, and superior to, brute force.

Mahatma Gandhi

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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian - Leader
October 2, 1869 - January 30, 1948

To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior. Has she not greater intuition, is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater powers of endurance, has she not greater courage? Without her, man could not be. If nonviolence is the law of our being, the future is with woman. Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than woman?

Mahatma Gandhi

The force generated by nonviolence is infinitely greater than the force of all the arms created by man's ingenuity.

Mahatma Gandhi

Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute. The spirit lies dormant in the brute, and he knows no law but that of physical might. The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher laws - to the strength of the spirit.

Mahatma Gandhi

In this age of the rule of brute force, it is almost impossible for anyone to believe that any one else could possibly reject the law of the final supremacy of brute force.

Mahatma Gandhi

Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute.

Mahatma Gandhi

The force of nonviolence is infinitely more wonderful and subtle than the material forces of nature, like electricity.

Mahatma Gandhi

As long as I can remember I feel I have had this great creative and spiritual force within me that is greater than faith, greater than ambition, greater than confidence, greater than determination, greater than vision. It is all these combined. My brain becomes magnetized with this dominating force which I hold in my hand.

Bruce Lee

I believe that the sum total of the energy of mankind is not to bring us down but to lift us up, and that is the result of the definite, if unconscious, working of the law of love. The fact that mankind persists shows that the cohesive force is greater than the disruptive force, centripetal force greater than centrifugal.

Mahatma Gandhi

Facts, when combined with ideas, constitute the greatest force in the world. They are greater than armaments, greater than finance, greater than science, business and law because they constitute the common denominator of all of them.

Carl W. Ackerman

The rishis, who discovered the law of nonviolence in the midst of violence, were greater geniuses than Newton.

Mahatma Gandhi

People who think of themselves as tough-minded and realistic, among them influential political leaders and businessmen as well as go-getters and hustlers of smaller caliber, tend to take it for granted that human nature is selfish and that life is a struggle in which only the fittest may survive. According to this philosophy, the basic law by which man must live, in spite of his surface veneer of civilization, is the law of the jungle. The "fittest" are those who can bring to the struggle superior force, superior cunning, and superior ruthlessness.

S. I. Hayakawa

The power of unarmed nonviolence is any day far superior to that of armed force.

Mahatma Gandhi

A popular government wields a moral force, which is infinitely superior to the physical force that the foreign government could summon to its assistance.

Mahatma Gandhi

The fact that mankind persists shows that the cohesive force is greater than the disruptive force, centripetal force greater than centrifugal.

Mahatma Gandhi

I believe our way of life is infinitely superior for every human being than any which the Communist creed can offer.