Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Genuine laughter is true eloquence and more effective than speech.
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No society can possibly be built on a denial of individual freedom.
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Peace through superior violence inevitably leads to the atom bomb and all that it stands for.
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If all were nonviolent, there would be no anarchy and there would be no question of anybody being armed for meeting aggression from without.
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Prayer is either petitional or, in its wider sense, inward communion.
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Non-cooperation is an attempt to awaken the masses to a sense of their dignity and power.
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The greatest lessons in life, if we would but stoop and humble ourselves, we would learn not from the grown-up learned men, but from the so-called ignorant children.
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We want to go in for suffering, and there may be torture. If we put the women in front the Government may hesitate to inflict on us all the penalty that they might otherwise inflict.
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I believe in the capacity of India to offer nonviolent battle to the English rulers.
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The art of producing good music from a cultivated voice can be achieved by many, but the art of producing that music from the harmony of a pure life is achieved very rarely.
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The khadi spirit means fellow-feeling with every human being on earth.
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Man does not live by destruction.
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In the march towards Truth, anger, selfishness, hatred, etc., naturally give way, for otherwise Truth would be impossible to attain. A man who is swayed by passions may have good enough intentions, may be truthful in word, but he will never find the Truth.
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I think it would be an excellent idea.
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Never own defeat in a sacred cause and make up your minds henceforth that you will be pure and that you will find a response from God.
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A scavenger who works in His service shares equal distinction with a king who uses his gifts in His name and is a mere trustee.
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I am endeavouring to see God through service of humanity; for I know that God is neither in heaven, nor down below, but in everyone.
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Silence is a great help to a seeker after truth like myself.
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Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.
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Every affliction has its own rich lesson to teach, if we would learn it.
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Poverty is the greatest violence.
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Truth is not truth merely because it is ancient. Nor is truth necessarily to be regarded with suspicion because it is ancient.
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Find yourself by losing yourself for others.
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Man's happiness really lies in contentment.