Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Swaraj of a people means the sum total of the Swaraj (self-rule) of individuals.
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One man cannot do right in one department of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in any other department. Life is one indivisible whole.
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The mundane use of the Gayatri, its repetition for healing the sick, illustrates the meaning we have given to prayer.
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H. G. Wells was not the only one to mention Churchill and Hitler in the same breath: "Churchill and Hitler are striving to change the nature of their respective countrymen by forcing and hammering violent methods on them. Man may be suppressed in this manner but he cannot be changed. Ahimsa [non-violence in the Hindu tradition], on the other hand, can change human nature and sooner than men like Churchill and Hitler."
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Nonviolence being the mightiest force in the world and also the most elusive in its working, demands the greatest exercise of faith.
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Man is supposed to be the maker of his destiny. It is only partly true. He can make his destiny, only in so far as he is allowed by the Great Power.
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Violence becomes imperative when an attempt is made to assert rights without any reference to duties.
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No confirmed satyagrahi is dismayed by dangers, seen or unseen, from his opponent's side.
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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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The Koran says that there can be no heaven for one who sheds the blood of an innocent neighbour.
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For me the only training in Swaraj we need is the ability to defend ourselves against the whole world and to live our natural life in perfect freedom, even though it may be full of defects. Good government is no substitute for self-government.
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To double your successes, you might have to double your failure rate.
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The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.
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We Indians are one as no two Englishmen are.
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A mind not set on God is given to wandering and lacks the quality of a temple of worship.
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Be the change that you want to see.
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What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?
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What I want to achieve, what I have been striving and pining for these thirty years, is self-realization, that is, to see God face to face.
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Fasting is futile unless it is accompanied by an incessant longing for self-restraint.
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The spinning wheel is the one thing to which all must turn to in the Indian clime for the transition stage at any rate and the vast majority must for all time.
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Truth and ahimsa will never be destroyed.
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Proved right should be capable of being vindicated by right means as against the rude i.e. sanguinary means. Man may and should shed his own blood for establishing what he considers to be his right. He may not shed the blood of his opponent who disputes his 'right'.
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The secret of a happy life lies in renunciation. Renunciation is life.
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A national spirit is necessary for national existence. A flag is a material aid to the development of such a spirit.