Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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What, however, left a deep impression on me was the reading of the Ramayana before my father. During part of his illness my father was in Porbandar. There every evening he used to listen to the Ramayana.
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A prayerful study and experience are essential for a correct interpretation of the scriptures.
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Basic education links the children, whether of the cities or the villages, to all that is best and lasting in India.
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A man who behaves like a beast is worse than the beast.
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If one person gains spiritually, the whole world gains.
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There can be in the eyes of God no distinction between man and man, even as there is no distinction between animal and animal.
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Belief in non–violence is based on the assumption that human nature in the essence is one and therefore unfailingly responds to the advances of love.
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The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear.
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A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.
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Khaddar was conceived with a much more ambitious object, that is, to make our villages starvation-proof.
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Decency and tolerance, to be of any value, must be capable of withstanding the severest strain.
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God has no religion.
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A balanced intellect presupposes a harmonious growth of body, mind and soul.
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Man often becomes what he believes himself to be.
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The Allah of Islam is the same as the God of Christians and the Ishwar of Hindus.
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Hinduism has become a conservative religion and, therefore, a mighty force because of the swadeshi spirit underlying it.
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A man who throws himself on God ceases to fear man.
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I cannot give active support in the war effort without denying a life-time of practice.
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Where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence.
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Learning takes us through many states of life, but it fails utterly in the hour of danger and temptation. Then faith alone saves.
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...service can have no meaning unless one takes pleasure in it. When it is done for show or for fear of public opinion, it stunts the man and crushes his spirit. Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.
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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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This civilization is such that one has only to be patient and it will be self-destroyed.
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Khadi mentality means decentralization of the production and distribution of the necessaries of life.