Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.
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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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Knowledge gained through experience is far superior and many times more useful than bookish knowledge.
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A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
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It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
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My nonviolence does not admit of running away from danger and leaving the dear ones unprotected.
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I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.
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In a democratic scheme, money invested in the promotion of learning gives a tenfold return to the people even as a seed sown in good soil returns a luxuriant crop.
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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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Nonviolence is an unchangeable creed.
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It is not a mistake to commit a mistake, for no one commits a mistake knowing it to be one. But it is a mistake not to correct the mistake after knowing it to be one. If you are afraid of committing a mistake, you are afraid of doing anything at all. You will correct your mistakes whenever you find them.
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A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.
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Will Great Britain have an unwilling India dragged into war or a willing ally co-operating with her in the prosecution of a defence of true democracy?
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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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Civilization is the encouragement of differences.
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We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party.
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I claim to be no more than an average man with below average capabilities.
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What is a man if he is not a thief who openly charges as much as he can for the goods he sells?
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Nothing once begun should be abandoned, unless it is proved to be morally wrong.
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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 right to err, which means the freedom to try experiments, is the universal condition of all progress.
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People engaged in a war do not lose temper over matters which affect the fortunes of war.
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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.