Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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I came in contact with every known Indian anarchist in London. Their bravery impressed me, but I felt that their zeal was misguided. I felt that violence was no remedy for India's ills, and that her civilisation required the use of a different and higher weapon for self-protection. - Hind Swaraj
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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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No nation keeps another in subjection without herself turning into a subject nation.
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There is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.
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Ahimsa magnifies one's own defects, and minimizes those of the opponent. It regards the mole in one's own eye as a beam and the beam in the opponent's eye as a mole.
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The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.
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It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head.
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We shall make progress towards Swaraj only if we do everything thoughtfully and with understanding.
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Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.
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It was the cowards who died many times before their death.
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No confirmed satyagrahi is dismayed by dangers, seen or unseen, from his opponent's side.
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No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.
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Schools and colleges are really a factory for turning out clerks for the Government.
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Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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The Koran says that there can be no heaven for one who sheds the blood of an innocent neighbour.
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Swaraj of a people means the sum total of the Swaraj (self-rule) of individuals.
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My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.
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Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
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Everyone holds a piece of the truth.
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Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requisite for acquiring learning of any kind.
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I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek - I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man.
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A satyagrahi lays down his life, but never gives up. That is the meaning of the 'do or die' slogan.
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Outward appearance is nothing to Him if it is not an expression of the inner.
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Fasting is futile unless it is accompanied by an incessant longing for self-restraint.