Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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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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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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If the Commander-in-Chief will look beyond the defence forces, he will discover that the real India is not military but peace-loving.
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Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-violent structure of society.
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The fragrance of religious and spiritual life is much finer and subtler than that of the rose.
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There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness.
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You may pluck out my eyes, but that cannot kill me. You may chop off my nose, but that will not kill me. But blast my belief in God, and I am dead.
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Truth and nonviolence demand that no human being may debar himself from serving any other human being, no matter how sinful he may be.
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There is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.
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Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.
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Swaraj is not meant for cowards, but for those who would mount smilingly to the gallows and refuse even to allow their eyes to be bandaged.
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I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek - I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man.
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What I call the law of satyagraha is to be deduced from an appreciation of duties and rights flowing therefrom.
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Non-violence and cowardice are contradictory terms. Non-violence is the greatest virtue, cowardice the greatest vice. Non-violence springs from love, cowardice from hate. Non-violence always suffers, cowardice would always inflict suffering. Perfect non-violence is the highest bravery. Non-violent conduct is never demoralising; cowardice always is.
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Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requisite for acquiring learning of any kind.
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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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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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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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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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Human nature will find itself only when it fully realizes that to be human it has to cease to be beastly or brutal.
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A man who wants to control his animal passions easily does so if he controls his palate.
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Today the cities dominate and drain the villages so that they are crumbling to ruin.
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Self-government means continuous effort to be independent of government control, whether it is foreign government or whether it is national. Swaraj government will be a sorry affair if people look up for the regulation of every detail of life.
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A mind not set on God is given to wandering and lacks the quality of a temple of worship.