Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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The very essence of our civilization is that we give a paramount place to morality in all our affairs, public or private.
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Love is a rare herb that makes a friend even of a sworn enemy and this herb grows out of nonviolence.
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True material welfare is never inconsistent with performance of religious obligations.
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Ahimsa must express itself through acts of selfless service of the masses.
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The greatest help you can give me is to banish fear from your hearts.
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In true democracy every man and woman is taught to think for himself or herself.
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The various religions are like different roads converging on the same point. What difference does it make if we follow different routes, provided we arrive at the same destination?
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A prayerful study and experience are essential for a correct interpretation of the scriptures.
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Who can deny that much that passes for science and art today destroys the soul instead of uplifting it and instead of evoking the best in us, panders to our basest passions?
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If I were over full of pity for the cow, I should sacrifice my life to save her but not take my brother's.
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Fear gone, there can be no hatred.
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Ahimsa means infinite love, which again means infinite capacity for suffering.
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If one person gains spiritually, the whole world gains.
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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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I refuse to put the unnecessary strain of learning English upon my sisters for the sake of false pride or questionable social advantage.
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I think it is wrong to expect certainties in this world, where all else but God that is Truth is an uncertainty. All that appears and happens about and around us is uncertain, transient. But there is a Supreme Being hidden therein as a Certainty, and one would be blessed if one could catch a glimpse of that Certainty and hitch one's waggon to it. The quest for that Truth is the summum bonum of life.
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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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...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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It was through the Hindu religion that I learnt to respect Christianity and Islam.
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God has no religion.
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Ravana was a rakshasa but this rakshasi of untouchability is even more terrible than Ravana.
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Cow protection to me is one of the most wonderful phenomena in the human evolution.
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My shyness has been in reality my shield and buckler. It has allowed me to grow. It has helped me in my discernment of truth.