Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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If you will express the requisite purity of character in action, you cannot do it better than through the spinning wheel.
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Morality is contraband in war.
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Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French.
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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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Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.
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Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.
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It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
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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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What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?
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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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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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Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
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The thing about you Christians, is that you are so unlike your Christ.
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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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The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
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It was the cowards who died many times before their death.
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There is more to life than increasing its speed.
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Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.
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Schools and colleges are really a factory for turning out clerks for the Government.
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If we have the khadi spirit in us, then we should surround ourselves with simplicity in every walk of life.
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Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.
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We Indians are one as no two Englishmen are.
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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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We shall make progress towards Swaraj only if we do everything thoughtfully and with understanding.