Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Liberty and democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.
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Before civil disobedience can be practised on a vast scale, people must learn the art of civil or voluntary obedience.
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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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My attempt and prayer are and will be for an honorable peace between belligerent nations in the least possible time.
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The purpose of life is undoubtedly to know oneself. We cannot do it unless we learn to identify ourselves with all that lives. The sum-total of that life is God.
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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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The willing sacrifice of the innocents is the most powerful retort to insolent tyranny that has yet to be conceived by God or man.
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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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A bogus Congress register can never lead you to Swaraj any more than a paper boat can help you to sail across the Padma.
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I am a seasoned soldier of nonviolence, and I have evidence enough to sustain my faith.
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Jesus, to me, is a great world teacher among others.
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Fear is not a disease of the body; fear kills the soul.
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Where my own mission is concerned, my thought is active, and I try to wish everyone well in spite of doubts and mistrust.
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We shall dig our own grave if we do not purge ourselves of this curse of untouchability.
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Violence always thrived on counter violence.
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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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God has no religion.
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And everyone who wills can hear the Voice. It is within every one. But like everything else it requires previous and definite preparation.
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Religion is not like a house or a cloak which can be changed at will.
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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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It is simple impertinence for any man, or any body of men, to begin, or to contemplate, reform of the whole world.
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Continue to grow and evolve.
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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 ideal is a synthesis of the different cultures that have come to stay in India, that have influenced Indian life, and that, in their turn, have themselves been influenced by the spirit of the soil.