Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Ahimsa must express itself through acts of selfless service of the masses.
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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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Satyagraha is a force that has come to stay. No force in the world can kill it.
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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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To me the Mahabharata is a profoundly religious book, largely allegorical, in a way meant to be a historical record.
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I have felt that the Gita teaches us that what cannot be followed in day-to-day practice cannot be called religion.
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Democracy comes naturally to him who is habituated normally to yield willing obedience to all laws, human or divine.
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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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Prayer has not been a part of my life in the sense that truth has been.
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I believe that religious education must be the sole concern of religious associations.
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By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
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Nonviolence does not require any outside or outward training.
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The story of the creation and similar things in it did not impress me very much, but on the contrary made me incline somewhat towards atheism.
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True ahimsa should mean a complete freedom from ill-will and anger and hate and an overflowing love for all.
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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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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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A true and nonviolent combination of labour would act like a magnet attracting to it all the needed capital.
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The need of the moment is not one religion, but mutual respect and tolerance of the devotees of the different religions.
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Buddha never rejected Hinduism, but he broadened its base. He gave it a new life and a new interpretation.
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History is a record of perpetual wars, but we are now trying to make new history.
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The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear.
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Truth and nonviolence are as old as the hills.
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Sympathy is what you have for someone after they die, pity you have for someone when they don't have a date to the biggest dance of the year. Empathy is what I do to you when you judge me. Envy is having pity on yourself. Can you discern the rest for yourself?
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To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.