Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party.
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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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The secret of a happy life lies in renunciation. Renunciation is life.
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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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Speak only if it improves upon the silence.
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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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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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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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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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Violence becomes imperative when an attempt is made to assert rights without any reference to duties.
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Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.
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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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A teacher who establishes rapport with the taught, becomes one with them, learns more from them than he teaches them. He who learns nothing from his disciples is, in my opinion, worthless. Whenever I talk with someone I learn from him. I take from him more than I give him.
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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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Knowledge gained through experience is far superior and many times more useful than bookish knowledge.
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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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By patriotism I mean the welfare of the whole people, if I secure it at the hands of my opponent, I should bow down my head to him.
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Both heaven and hell are within us.
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I am wedded to India because I owe my all to her.
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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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Love and ahimsa are matchless in their effect.
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Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.