Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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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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The only virtue I want to claim is truth and nonviolence.
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The seeker is at liberty to extract from this treasure any meaning he likes, so as to enable him to enforce in his life the central teaching.
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Each one prays to God according to his own light.
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Ahimsa is no mere theory with me, but it is a fact of life based on extensive experience.
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Nothing can so quickly put the masses on their legs as the spinning wheel and all it means.
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What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
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I can no more preach nonviolence to a cowardly man than I can tempt a blind man to enjoy healthy scenes.
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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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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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The idol in the temple is not God. But since God resides in every atom, He resides in that idol too.
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In the application of the method of non-violence, one must believe in the possibility of every person, however depraved, being reformed under humane and skilled treatment.
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Infinite Love is a weapon of matchless potency. It is the 'summum bonum' of life. It is an attribute of the brave, in fact it is their all. It does not come within the each of the coward. It is no wooden of lifeless dogma but a living and life-giving.
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This mad rush for wealth must cease and the labourer must be assured not only of a living wage but, also a daily task that is not mere drudgery.
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My nonviolence does not admit of running away from danger and leaving the dear ones unprotected.
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The devotion of such titans of spirit as Lenin to an Ideal must bear fruit. The nobility of his selflessness will be an example through centuries to come, and his Ideal will reach perfection.
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Let the Gita be to you a mine of diamonds, as it has been to me; let it be your constant guide and friend on life's way.
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Monotony is the law of nature. Look at the monotonous manner in which the sun rises. The monotony of necessary occupation is exhilarating and life giving.
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We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?
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It's very dangerous to mix up the words natural and habitual. We have been trained to be quite habitual at communicating in ways that are quite unnatural.
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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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One man cannot do right in one department of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in any other department. Life is one indivisible whole.
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The collectors of revenue and the policeman are the only symbols by which millions in India's villages know British rule.
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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.