Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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I am a passionate seeker after truth which is but another name for God.
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Nothing depends upon the death of an individual, be he ever so great, but much depends upon the freedom of India.
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Was not war itself a crime against God and humanity, and therefore, were not all those who sanctioned, engineered and conducted wars, war criminals?
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Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.
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Journalism should never be prostituted for selfish ends or for the sake of merely earning a livelihood or, worse still, for amassing money.
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There can be no Swaraj where there is no harmony, no music.
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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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Cow protection to me is infinitely more than mere protection of the cow.
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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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Adversity is the mother of progress.
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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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The difficulty one experiences in meeting himsa arises from weakness of mind.
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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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To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.
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A nonviolent action accompanied by nonviolence in thought and word should never produce enduring violent reaction upon the opponent.
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India has an unbroken tradition of nonviolence from times immemorial.
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I have endeavored to show that there is no real service of humanity in the profession of medicine and that it is injurious to mankind.
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When real independence comes to India, the Congress and the League will be nowhere unless they represent the real opinion of the country.
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Through realization of freedom of India, I hope to realize and carry on the mission of brotherhood of man.
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Nobody in this world possesses absolute truth.
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Man often becomes what he believes himself to be.
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Non-cooperation is the quickest method of creating public opinion.
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A perfect Muslim is he from whose tongue and hands mankind is safe.
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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.