Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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I regard Duryodhana and his party as the baser impulses in man, and Arjuna and his party as the higher impulses.
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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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Use truth as your anvil, nonviolence as your hammer and anything that does not stand the test when it is brought to the anvil of truth and hammered with nonviolence, reject it.
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The force generated by nonviolence is infinitely greater than the force of all the arms created by man's ingenuity.
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It is necessary to correct the error that vegetarianism has made us weak in mind, or passive or inert in action. I do not regard flesh-food as necessary at any stage.
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A man who is swayed by negative emotions may have good enough intentions, may be truthful in word, but he will never find the Truth.
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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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Outward appearance is nothing to Him if it is not an expression of the inner.
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Speak only if it improves upon the silence.
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I am wedded to India because I owe my all to her.
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No labour is too mean for one who wants to earn an honest penny.
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Violence becomes imperative when an attempt is made to assert rights without any reference to duties.
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Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.
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The secret of a happy life lies in renunciation. Renunciation is 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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People engaged in a war do not lose temper over matters which affect the fortunes of war.
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The idol in the temple is not God. But since God resides in every atom, He resides in that idol too.
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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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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.
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Now when we talk of brotherhood of men, we stop there and feel that all other life is there for man to exploit for his own purposes. But Hinduism excludes all exploitation.
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Nothing once begun should be abandoned, unless it is proved to be morally wrong.
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The only virtue I want to claim is truth and nonviolence.
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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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The rishis, who discovered the law of nonviolence in the midst of violence, were greater geniuses than Newton.