Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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The earth has enough resources for our need, but not for our greed.
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I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honour than that she should, in a cowardly manner, become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonour. But I believe that nonviolence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment.
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Hatred ever kills, love never dies. Such is the vast difference between the two... The duty of a human being is to diminish hatred and to promote love.
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I hold no man to be indispensable for the welfare of the country.
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The path of self-purification is hard and steep. One has to become absolutely passion-free in thought, speech and action to rise above the opposing currents of love and hatred, attachment and repulsion. I know that I have not in me as yet that triple purity in spite of constant ceaseless striving for it. That is why the world's praise fails to move me, indeed it very often stings me. To conquer the subtle passions seems to me to be harder far than the physical conquest of the world by the force of arms.
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Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself.
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God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
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Though God may be Love, God is Truth above all.
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If I had to face only the Sermon on the Mount and my own interpretation of it, I should not hesitate to say, 'O yes, I am a Christian.'
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Faith is not a delicate flower which would wither away under the slightest stormy weather.
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A little of true nonviolence acts in a silent, subtle, unseen way and leavens the whole society.
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A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.
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If you take care of your immediate surroundings, the universe will take care of itself.
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Painters and poets are obliged to exaggerate the proportions of their figures in order to give true perspective.
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The saving of labour of the individual should be the object and honest humanitarian considerations, and not greed, the motive.
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I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.
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A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favor by serving him. He is doing us a favor by giving us an opportunity to do so.
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Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
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Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.
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Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.
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Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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My Swaraj is to keep intact the genius of our civilization.
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Celibacy is a great help, inasmuch as it enables one to lead a life of full surrender to God.
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We do want to drive out the beast in man, but we do not want on that account to emasculate him.