Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Because no one sees the truth does not make it untrue.
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It is man's social nature which distinguishes him from the brute creation. If it is his privilege to be independent, it is equally his duty to be inter-dependent. Only an arrogant man will claim to be independent of everybody else and be self-contained.
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If every component part of the nation claims the right of self-determination for itself, there is no one nation and there is no independence.
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Man and his deed are two distinct things. Whereas a good deed should call forth approbation and a wicked deed dis-approbation, the doer of the deed, whether good or wicked always deserves respect or pity as the case may be. Hate the sin and not the sinner is a precept which though easy enough to understand is rarely practised, and that is why the poison of hatred spreads in the world.
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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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Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.
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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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Robust faith in oneself and brave trust of the opponent, so called or real, is the best safeguard.
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To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body.
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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 mundane use of the Gayatri, its repetition for healing the sick, illustrates the meaning we have given to prayer.
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True suffering does not know itself and never calculates.
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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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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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The inner voice is something which cannot be described in words. But sometimes we have a positive feeling that something in us prompts us to do a certain thing. The time when I learnt to recognise this voice was, I may say, the time when I started praying regularly.
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To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.
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Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.
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There is always the fear of self-righteousness possessing us, the fear of arrogating to ourselves a superiority that we do not possess.
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A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
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Sacrifice that causes pain is no sacrifice at all. True sacrifice is joy-giving and uplifting.
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The first condition of nonviolence is justice all round, in every department of life.
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Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.
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He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.
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A labourer cannot sit at the table and write, but a man who has worked at the table all his life can certainly take to physical labour.