Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.
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The earth has enough resources for our need, but not for our greed.
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Even a little of dharma saves one from many a pitfall.
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I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honour than that she should, in a cowardly manner, become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonour. But I believe that nonviolence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment.
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The greater our innocence, the greater our strength and the swifter our victory.
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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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Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
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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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The call of the spinning wheel is the noblest of all. Because it is the call of love. And love is Swaraj.
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All the four stages in a man's life are devised by the seers in Hinduism for imposing discipline and self-restraint.
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No nation keeps another in subjection without herself turning into a subject nation.
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Painters and poets are obliged to exaggerate the proportions of their figures in order to give true perspective.
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As long as the superstition that people should obey unjust laws exists, so long will slavery exist.
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My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.
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He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.
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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 only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
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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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A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.
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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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Ahimsa is no mere theory with me, but it is a fact of life based on extensive experience.
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If I had to face only the Sermon on the Mount and my own interpretation of it, I should not hesitate to say, 'O yes, I am a Christian.'
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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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In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.