Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Now the man on duty used to be changed from time to time. Once one of these men, without giving me the slightest warning, without even asking me to leave the footpath, pushed and kicked me into the street. I was dismayed. Before I could question him as to his behaviour, Mr Coates, who happened to be passing the spot on horseback, hailed me and said: 'Gandhi, I have seen everything. I shall gladly be your witness in court if you proceed against the man. I am very sorry you have been so rudely assaulted.'
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The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity.
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If one does not practice nonviolence in one's own personal relations with others and hopes to use it in bigger affairs, one is vastly mistaken.
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No agreement between the British and Muslims can affect me. An agreement between Hindus and Muslims alone will affect me.
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If we are to create peace in our world, we must begin with our children.
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To me the Mahabharata is a profoundly religious book, largely allegorical, in a way meant to be a historical record.
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My faith runs so very much faster than my reason that I can challenge the whole world and say, 'God is, was and ever shall be'.
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Stoning prophets and erecting churches to their memory afterwards has been the way of the world through the ages. Today we worship Christ, but the Christ in the flesh we crucified.
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Democracy is not a state in which people act like sheep.
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It Is possible to live in peace.
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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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It is my unshakable belief that India's destiny is to deliver the message of nonviolence to mankind.
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God speaks to us every day only we don't know how to listen.
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Nobody in this world possesses absolute truth.
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I am a passionate seeker after truth which is but another name for God.
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The story of the creation and similar things in it did not impress me very much, but on the contrary made me incline somewhat towards atheism.
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God has no religion.
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That which looks for mercy from an opponent is not non-violence.
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My faith in truth and nonviolence is ever growing, and as I am ever trying to follow them in my life, I too am growing every moment.
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There is no such thing as slow freedom. Freedom is like a birth. Till we are fully free we are slaves. All birth takes place in a moment.
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My nationalism is as broad as my swadeshi, I want India's rise so that the whole world may benefit.
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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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The lives of Zoroaster, Jesus and Mohammed, as I have understood them, have illumined many a passage in the Gita.
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There must be power in the word of a satyagraha general, not the power that the possession of limitless arms gives, but the power that purifies life which strict vigilance and a ceaseless application produce.