Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of God's creation, woman, the object of our lust.
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A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.
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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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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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We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?
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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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An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
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There is more to life than increasing its speed.
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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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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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Fear has its use but cowardice has none.
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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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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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For a firm believer in swadeshi, there need be no Pharisaical self-satisfaction in wearing khadi.
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The thing about you Christians, is that you are so unlike your Christ.
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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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My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.
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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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No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.
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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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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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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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I came in contact with every known Indian anarchist in London. Their bravery impressed me, but I felt that their zeal was misguided. I felt that violence was no remedy for India's ills, and that her civilisation required the use of a different and higher weapon for self-protection. - Hind Swaraj
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It's easy to stand in the crowd but it takes courage to stand alone.