Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Ahimsa was preached to man when he was in full vigor of life and able to look his adversaries straight in the face.
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My life is my message.
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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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Cowards can never be moral.
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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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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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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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A little of true nonviolence acts in a silent, subtle, unseen way and leavens the whole society.
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Under ideal conditions, the barrister and the bhangi (sweeper) should both get the same payment.
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Work for Swaraj fails to appeal to us because we have no music in us.
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I draw no distinction between error and sin. If a man commits a bona fide mistake and confesses it with a contrite heart before his Maker, the merciful Maker sterilizes it of all harm.
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I came to the conclusion long ago . . . that all religions were true, and also that all had some error in them.
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Whatever the ultimate fate of my country, my love for you remains, and will remain, undiminished. My non-violence demands universal love, and you are not a small part of it. It is that love which has prompted my appeal to you.
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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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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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I am a poor mendicant. My earthly possessions consist of six spinning wheels, prison dishes, a can of goat's milk, six homespun loincloths and towels and my reputation, which cannot be worth much.
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Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.
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I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
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There is more to life than increasing its speed.
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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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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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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 have learnt through bitter experience the one supreme lesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmuted into energy, even so our anger controlled can be transmuted into a power which can move the world.
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The thing about you Christians, is that you are so unlike your Christ.