Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Under ideal conditions, the barrister and the bhangi (sweeper) should both get the same payment.
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Human nature will find itself only when it fully realizes that to be human it has to cease to be beastly or brutal.
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Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.
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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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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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The mundane use of the Gayatri, its repetition for healing the sick, illustrates the meaning we have given to prayer.
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In nature there is a fundamental unity running through all the diversity we see about us. Religions are given to mankind so as to accelerate the process of realisation of fundamental unity.
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It is now my opinion that in all Indian curricula of higher education there should be a place for Hindi, Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic and English, besides of course the vernacular.
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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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An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
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That I want to destroy British imperialism is another matter, but I want to do so by converting those who are associated with it.
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There is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.
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Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.
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A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
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Nonviolence being the mightiest force in the world and also the most elusive in its working, demands the greatest exercise of faith.
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The spirit of democracy cannot be superimposed from the outside. It must come from within.
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My Swaraj is to keep intact the genius of our civilization.
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Because no one sees the truth does not make it untrue.
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No one can dominate a population of 80,000,000.
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Morality is contraband in war.
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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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A national spirit is necessary for national existence. A flag is a material aid to the development of such a spirit.
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Steam becomes a mighty power only when it allows itself to be imprisoned in a strong little reservoir, produces tremendous motion and carries huge weights by permitting itself a tiny and measured outlet.
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Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.