Eredeti: In the secret of my heart I am in perpetual quarrel with God that He should allow such things [as the war] to go on. My non-violence seems almost impotent. But the answer comes at the end of the daily quarrel that neither God nor non-violence is impotent. Impotence is in men. I must try on without losing faith even though I may break in the attempt.
Mahatma Gandhi: Aktuális idézetek (oldal 7)
Aktuális idézetek Mahatma Gandhi · Olvassa el a legfrissebb idézeteketEredeti: Whether humanity will consciously follow the law of love, I do not know. But that need not disturb me. The law will work just as the law of gravitation works, whether we accept it or not. The person who discovered the law of love was a far greater scientist than any of our modern scientists. Only our explorations have not gone far enough and so it is not possible for everyone to see all its workings.
„Katonának tartom magam, a béke katonájának.”
Eredeti: I regard myself as a soldier, though a soldier of peace.
„Ha a szeretet, vagy az erőszakmentesség nem a létünk törvénye, minden érvem darabokra hullik.”
Eredeti: If love or non-violence be not the law of our being, the whole of my argument falls to pieces.
„A valóságban annyi vallás van, ahány egyén.”
Eredeti: In reality there are as many religions as there are individuals.
Eredeti: Non-violent resistance implies the very opposite of weakness. Defiance combined with non-retaliatory acceptance of repression from one's opponents is active, not passive. It requires strength, and there is nothing automatic or intuitive about the resoluteness required for using non-violent methods in political struggle and the quest for Truth.