Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Spiritual force is like any other force at the service of man.
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Full effort is full victory.
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My religion teaches me that a promise once made or a vow once taken for a worthy object may not be broken.
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Ahimsa must express itself through acts of selfless service of the masses.
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Blind adoration, in the age of action, is perfectly valueless, is often embarrassing and, equally, often painful.
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Keep your values positive, because your values become your destiny.
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To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.
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The field of research in the doctrine of civil resistance is necessarily limited, as the occasions for civil resistance in a man's life must not be frequent.
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There is no distrust of men and mankind in me. They will answer before God, so why should I worry?
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Music has given me peace. I can remember occasions when music instantly tranquillized my mind, when I was greatly agitated over something. Music has helped me to overcome anger.
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We may attack systems. We must not attack men.
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Ravana was a rakshasa but this rakshasi of untouchability is even more terrible than Ravana.
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To conceal ignorance is to increase it. An honest confession of it, however, gives ground for the hope that it will diminish some day or the other.
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Nonviolent non-co-operators can only succeed when they have succeeded in attaining control over the hooligans of India.
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A perfect Muslim is he from whose tongue and hands mankind is safe.
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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.
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Cow protection to me is infinitely more than mere protection of the cow.
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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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A wretched parent who claims obedience from his children, without first doing his duty by them, excites nothing but contempt.
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In the name of religion, we force widowhood upon our three lakh girl-widows who could not understand the import of the marriage ceremony.
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We want to go in for suffering, and there may be torture. If we put the women in front the Government may hesitate to inflict on us all the penalty that they might otherwise inflict.
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There can be no Swaraj where there is no harmony, no music.
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True material welfare is never inconsistent with performance of religious obligations.
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I am a passionate seeker after truth which is but another name for God.