Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
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The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
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There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.
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Ahimsa is no mere theory with me, but it is a fact of life based on extensive experience.
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Man is the maker of his own destiny, and I therefore ask you to become makers of your own destiny.
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Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.
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No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.
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An opponent is entitled to the same regard for his principles as we would expect others to have for ours. Non-violence demands that we should see every opportunity to win over opponents.
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Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
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The finite human being shall never know in its fullness Truth and Love which is itself infinite.
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True ahimsa should wear a smile even on a deathbed brought about by an assailant. It is only with that ahimsa that we can befriend our opponents and win their love.
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Truth should so humble that even dust could crush it.
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Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.
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In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.
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It is a mark of wisdom not to kick away the very step from which we have risen higher. The removal of one step from a staircase brings down the whole of it.
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I understand democracy as something that gives the weak the same chance as the strong.
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That economics is untrue which ignores or disregards moral values.
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He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.
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A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favor by serving him. He is doing us a favor by giving us an opportunity to do so.
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I hold no man to be indispensable for the welfare of the country.
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The earth has enough resources for our need, but not for our greed.
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My Swaraj is to keep intact the genius of our civilization.
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Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.