“Civil Disobedience without the constructive programme,” he wrote, “will be like a paralysed hand attempting to lift a spoon.”

1. Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people.


2. Nonviolence seeks to win friendship and understanding.


3. Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice, not people.


4. Nonviolence holds that suffering can educate and transform.


5. Nonviolence chooses love instead of hate.


6. Nonviolence believes that the universe is on the side of justice.