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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I believe that religious education must be the sole concern of religious associations.
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Ahimsa is the highest duty. Even if we cannot practice it in full, we must try to understand its spirit and refrain as far as is humanly possible from violence.
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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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I suffer snakes to be killed in the ashram when it is impossible to catch them and put them out of harm's way.
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Prayer has not been a part of my life in the sense that truth has been.
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Non-cooperation is the quickest method of creating public opinion.
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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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Cow protection to me is infinitely more than mere protection of the cow.
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God answers prayer in His own way, not ours.
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Unless you go on discovering new applications of the law of nonviolence, you do not profit by it.
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Why worry one's head over a thing that is inevitable? Why die before one's death?
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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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Do not judge others. Be your own judge and you will be truly happy. If you will try to judge others, you are likely to burn your fingers.
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Nobody in this world possesses absolute truth.
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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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I am a passionate seeker after truth which is but another name for God.
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Religion is one tree with many branches. As branches, you may say, religions are many, but as a tree, religion is only one.
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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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My trust is solely in God. And I trust men only because I trust God. If I had no God to rely upon, I should be like Timon, a hater of my species.
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In the days of democracy there is no such thing as active loyalty to a person. You are, therefore, loyal or disloyal to institutions.
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The Swaraj of my dream recognizes no race or religious distinctions.
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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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What God may have enabled me to do is but a repayment of debt, and he who repays a debt deserves no praise.