Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
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Performance of one's duties should be independent of public opinion.
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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
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My Swaraj is to keep intact the genius of our civilization.
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If you take care of your immediate surroundings, the universe will take care of itself.
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The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
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In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.
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For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
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Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
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I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.
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We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
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I wear the national dress because it is the most natural and the most becoming for an Indian.
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There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.
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All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.
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Khadi will be the sun of the whole industrial solar system.
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The man or the woman who can display the nonviolence of the brave can easily stand against as external invasion.
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Hinduism insists on the brotherhood of not only all mankind but of all that lives.
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I claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one another.
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Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.
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I am but a poor struggling soul yearning to be wholly good, wholly truthful and wholly non-violent in thought, word and deed, but ever failing to reach the ideal which I know to be true. It is a painful climb, but each step upwards makes me feel stronger and fit for the next.
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Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.
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I worship God as Truth only. I have not yet found Him, but I am seeking after Him.
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All good thoughts and ideas mean nothing without action.
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God cannot be realized through the intellect. Intellect can lead one to a certain extent and no further. It is a matter of faith and experience derived from that faith.