Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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The world is changing every moment, and is therefore unreal. It has non permanent existence.
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Faith is not a delicate flower which would wither away under the slightest stormy weather.
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Nonviolent non-co-operation is the only alternative to anarchy and worse.
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Never make a promise in haste.
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An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
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Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
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I consider writing as a fine art. We kill it by imposing the alphabet on little children and making it the beginning of learning.
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If the lambs of the world had been willingly led, they would have long ago saved themselves from the butcher's knife.
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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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An institution that suffers from a plethora of leaders is surely in a bad way.
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Seven social sins: politics without principles, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, and worship without sacrifice.
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There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness.
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Means to be means must always be within our reach, and so ahimsa is our supreme duty.
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What can be richer and more fruitful than a greater fulfillment of the vow of nonviolence in thought, word and deed or the spread of that spirit?
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God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us.
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The avowed policy of non-cooperation has been not to make political use of the disputes between labour and capital.
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Prayer has been the saviour of my life. Without it I should have been a lunatic long ago.
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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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I would rather drown myself in the waters of the Sabarmati than harbour hate or animosity in my heart.
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The saving of labour of the individual should be the object and honest humanitarian considerations, and not greed, the motive.
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The bomb-throwers have discredited the cause of freedom, in whose name they threw the bombs.
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A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.
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But all my life though, the very insistence on truth has taught me to appreciate the beauty of compromise. I saw in later life that this spirit was an essential part of Satyagraha. It has often meant endangering my life and incurring the displeasure of friends. But truth is hard as adamant and tender as a blossom.
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Religion is not what you will get after reading all the scriptures of the world. It is not really what is grasped by the grain. It is a heart grasp.