Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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All religions are branches of the same mighty tree, but I must not change over from one branch to another for the sake of expediency.
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The spirit of democracy... requires change of the heart... requires the inculcation of the spirit of brotherhood.
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The more I reflect and look back on the past, the more vividly do I feel my limitations.
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My attempt and prayer are and will be for an honorable peace between belligerent nations in the least possible time.
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I do not accept the orthodox teaching that Jesus was or is God incarnate in the accepted sense or that he was or is the only Son of God.
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War knows no law except that of might.
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Useful manual labour, intelligently performed, is the means par excellence for developing the intellect.
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There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for.
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The greatest help you can give me is to banish fear from your hearts.
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I believe in the absolute oneness of God and therefore of humanity. What though we have many bodies? We have but one soul. . . . I know God is neither in heaven nor down below, but in everyone.
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Ahimsa means infinite love, which again means infinite capacity for suffering.
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I do not want a kingdom, or heaven; what I want is to remove the trouble of the oppressed, the poor, and the needy.
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What distinguishes man from the brute is his conscious striving to realise the spirit within.
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Force that the performance of duty naturally generates is the non-violent and invincible force that satyagraha brings into being.
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We must be ever courteous and patient with those who do not see eye to eye with us. We must resolutely refuse to consider our opponents as enemies.
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Cow protection to me is one of the most wonderful phenomena in the human evolution.
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Crime and vice generally require darkness for prowling. They disappear when light plays upon them.
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Seven Deadly Sins Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice.
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As in laws or in war, the longest purse finally wins.
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They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then they will have my dead body, but not my obedience.
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The whole of India was the home of every Indian who considered himself as one and behaved as such, no matter to what faith he belonged.
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Hinduism is a living organism liable to growth and decay subject to the laws of Nature. One and indivisible at the root, it has grown into a vast tree with innumerable branches. The changes in the season affect it. It has its autumn and its summer, its winter and its spring. It is, and is not, based on scriptures. It does not derive its authority from one book. Non violence has found the highest expression and application in Hinduism.
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Nonviolence and cowardice go ill together.
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Jesus, to me, is a great world teacher among others.