Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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I know that I have still before me a difficult path to traverse. I must reduce myself to zero. So long as a man does not of his own free will put himself last among his fellow creatures, there is no salvation for him. Ahimsa is the farthest limit of humility.
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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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This mad rush for wealth must cease and the labourer must be assured not only of a living wage but, also a daily task that is not mere drudgery.
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Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a rudderless ship, bound to break to pieces on coming in contact with the very first rock.
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Outward appearance is nothing to Him if it is not an expression of the inner.
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Man and his deed are two distinct things. Whereas a good deed should call forth approbation and a wicked deed dis-approbation, the doer of the deed, whether good or wicked always deserves respect or pity as the case may be. Hate the sin and not the sinner is a precept which though easy enough to understand is rarely practised, and that is why the poison of hatred spreads in the world.
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Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.
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Any action that is dictated by fear or by coercion of any kind ceases to be moral.
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I can no more preach nonviolence to a cowardly man than I can tempt a blind man to enjoy healthy scenes.
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Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
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No confirmed satyagrahi is dismayed by dangers, seen or unseen, from his opponent's side.
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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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Civil disobedience is the assertion of a right which law should give but which it denies.
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If we have the khadi spirit in us, then we should surround ourselves with simplicity in every walk of life.
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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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Fasting is futile unless it is accompanied by an incessant longing for self-restraint.
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Boycott brought about anyhow of British cloth cannot yield the same results as such boycott brought about by hand-spinning and khaddar.
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Be the change that you want to see.
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Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today.
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Blaming the wolf would not help the sheep much. The sheep must learn not to fall in the clutches of the wolf.
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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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Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requisite for acquiring learning of any kind.
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Hinduism with its message of ahimsa is to me the most glorious religion in the world.
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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.