Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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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 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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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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The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
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A man, whilst he is dreaming, believes in his dream; he is undeceived only when he is awakened from his slumber.
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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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An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
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It is not true that we shall necessarily progress if our political conditions undergo a change, irrespectively of the manner in which it is brought about. If the means employed are impure, the change will not be in the direction of progress but very likely in the opposite.
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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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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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All religions teach that two opposite forces act upon us and the human endeavour consists in a series of eternal rejections and acceptances.
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Faith is not a delicate flower which would wither away under the slightest stormy weather.
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The earth, the air, the land and the water are not an inheritance from our fore fathers but on loan from our children. So we have to handover to them at least as it was handed over to us.
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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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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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For a firm believer in swadeshi, there need be no Pharisaical self-satisfaction in wearing khadi.
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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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Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.
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A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.
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The thing about you Christians, is that you are so unlike your Christ.
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Real Swaraj will come, not by the acquisition of authority by a few, but by the acquisition of the capacity by all to resist authority when it is abused. In other words, Swaraj is to be attained by educating the masses to a sense of their capacity to regulate and control authority.
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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 earth has enough resources for our need, but not for our greed.