CAPITAL/CAPITALISM No doubt, capital is lifeless, but not the capitalists who are amenable to conversion. I do not regard capital to be enemy of labor. CHARACTER Your character must be above suspicion and you must be truthful and self controlled. The truest test of civilization, culture and dignity is character, not clothing. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers. Men of stainless character will easily inspire confidence and automatically purify the atmosphere around them. The real property that a parent can transmit to all equally is his or her character and educational facilities. All your scholarship would be in vain if at the same time you do not build your character and attain mastery over your thoughts and your actions. Back to top CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE Civil disobedience is the assertion of a right which law should give but which it denies. Civil disobedience presupposes willing obedience of our self-imposed rules, and without it civil disobedience would be cruel joke. Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the State becomes lawless corrupt. Civil disobedience means capacity for unlimited suffering without the intoxicating excitement of killing. Disobedience to be civil has to be open and nonviolent. Disobedience to be civil implies discipline, thought, care, attention. Disobedience that is wholly civil should never provoke retaliation. Non-cooperation and civil disobedience are different but branches of the same tree call Satyagraha (truth-force). Back to top COERCION Coercion cannot but result in chaos in the end. One who uses coercion is guilty of deliberate violence. Coercion is inhuman. Back to top COOPERATION Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as cooperation with good. Nonviolent action without the cooperation of the heart and the head cannot produce the intended result. -BY GANDHI
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