Mohan-Mala - Mahatma Gandhi

Mohan-MalaJuly 16Satyagraha is gentle, it never wounds. It must not be the result of anger ormalice. It is never fussy, never impatient, never vociferous. It is the directopposite of compulsion. It was conceived as a complete substitute for violence.H, 15 April 1933July 17It is force that may be used by individuals as well as by communities. It may beused as well in political as in domestic affairs. Its universal applicability is ademonstration of its permanence and invincibility. It can be used alike by men,women and children. It is totally untrue to say that it is a force to be used onlyby the weak so long as they are not capable of meeting violence by violence.YI, 3 Nov. 1927July 18This force is to violence and therefore to all tyranny, all injustice, what light isto darkness. In politics, its use is based upon the immutable maxim, thatgovernment of the people is possible only so long as they consent eitherconsciously or unconsciously to be governed.Ibid.July 19The hardest heart and the grossest ignorance must disappear before the risingsun of suffering without anger and without malice.YI, 10 Feb. 1925www.mkgandhi.org Page 54