Mahatma Gandhi Quotes:
Ocupation: Lawyer
Life: October 2, 1869 - January 30, 1948
Birthday: October 2
Death: January 30
The function of violence is to obtain reform by external means, the function of passive resistance, that is, soul-force, is to obtain it by growth from within, which, in its turn, is obtained by self-suffering, self-purification.
source: Mahatma Gandhi, Anthony J. Parel (1997). “Gandhi: 'Hind Swaraj' and Other Writings”, p.146, Cambridge University Press
topic: Mean, Self, Passive Resistance, Soul Force
