Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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I took the vow of celibacy in 1906. I had not shared my thoughts with my wife until then, but only consulted her at the time of making the vow. She had no objection.
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A warrior lives on his wars, whether offensive or defensive. And he suffers a collapse if he finds that his warring capacity is unwanted.
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That nation is great which rests its head upon death as its pillow.
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Purification is never for the selfishly idle, it accrues only to the selflessly industrious.
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Sense perceptions can be and often are false and deceptive, however real they may appear to us. Where there is realization outside the senses, it is infallible. It is proved not by extraneous evidence but in the transformed conduct and character of those who have felt the real presence of God within.
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Personally I like to believe that all become honest, the millennium is round the corner!
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Change occurs when deeply felt private experiences are given public legitimacy.
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The ally we must cultivate is the part of our enemy which knows the truth.
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Fear has its use, but cowardice has none. I may not put my finger into the jaws of a snake, but the very sight of the snake need not strike terror into me.
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Satan's successes are the greatest when he appears with the name of God on his lips.
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My creed of nonviolence does not favour the punishment of thieves and dacoits and even murderers.
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The rishis, who discovered the law of nonviolence in the midst of violence, were greater geniuses than Newton.
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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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Nations are not formed in a day, the formation requires years.
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If as a member of a slave nation I could deliver the suppressed classes from their slavery without freeing myself from my own, I would do so today. But it is an impossible task.
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Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison.
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No nation keeps another in subjection without herself turning into a subject nation.
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If a man voluntarily allows himself to be crushed, he yields the oil of moral energy which sustains the world.
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I have nothing of the communalist in me because my Hinduism is all inclusive.
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I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect.
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Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew.
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I came to the conclusion long ago . . . that all religions were true, and also that all had some error in them.
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Your character must be above suspicion and you must be truthful and self-controlled.
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What the divine author of the Mahabharata said of his great creation is equally true of Hinduism. Whatever of substance is contained in any other religion is always to be found in Hindusim, and what is not contained in it is insubstantial or unnecessary.