Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Both heaven and hell are within us.
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Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.
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The first condition of nonviolence is justice all round, in every department of life.
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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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If we weep for all the deaths in our country, the tears in our eyes would never dry.
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Civilization is the encouragement of differences.
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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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Your character must be above suspicion and you must be truthful and self-controlled.
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An institution that suffers from a plethora of leaders is surely in a bad way.
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I am but a poor struggling soul yearning to be wholly good, wholly truthful and wholly non-violent in thought, word and deed, but ever failing to reach the ideal which I know to be true. It is a painful climb, but each step upwards makes me feel stronger and fit for the next.
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Nonviolence is an unchangeable creed.
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When the panchayat raj is established, public opinion will do what violence can never do.
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True suffering does not know itself and never calculates.
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We burn the evil men do with their mortal remains. We treasure the memory of the good they do, and distance magnifies it.
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It's very dangerous to mix up the words natural and habitual. We have been trained to be quite habitual at communicating in ways that are quite unnatural.
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Mutual tolerance is a necessity for all time and for all races.
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My nonviolence does not admit of running away from danger and leaving the dear ones unprotected.
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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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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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Knowledge gained through experience is far superior and many times more useful than bookish knowledge.
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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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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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Unless our hands go hand in hand with our heads, we will be able to do nothing whatsoever.