Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.
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Even a single lamp dispels the deepest darkness.
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There is nothing that wastes the body like worry.
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A plea for the spinning wheel is a plea for recognizing the dignity of labour.
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My love for nonviolence is superior to every other thing, mundane or super mundane.
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Violence becomes imperative when an attempt is made to assert rights without any reference to duties.
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Hand-spinning is designed to put millions of rupees in the hands of the poor villagers.
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Anything which is a hindrance to the fight of the soul is a delusion and a snare, even like the body which often does hinder you in the path of salvation.
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I was a coward. I used to be haunted by the fear of thieves, ghosts and serpents. I did not dare to stir out of doors at night. Darkness was a terror to me. It was almost impossible for me to sleep in the dark, as I would imagine ghosts coming from one direction, thieves from another and serpents from a third. I could not therefore bear to sleep without a light in the room.
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After long study and experience, I have come to the conclusion that (1) all religions are true; (2) all religions have some error in them; (3) all religions are almost as dear to me as my own Hinduism, in as much as all human beings should be as dear to one as one's own close relatives.
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There is no better way of industrializing the villages of India than the spinning wheel.
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Our sages have taught us to learn one thing; `As in the Self, so in the Universe.' It is not possible to scan the universe as it is to scan the self. Know the self and you know the universe.
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Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being. Without interrelation with society he cannot realize his oneness with the universe or suppress his egotism. His social interdependence enables him to test his faith and to prove himself on the touchstone of reality.
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It is necessary first to purify the drunken and dissolute worshippers in charge of some of these temples.
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Truth is self-evident, nonviolence is its maturest fruit. It is contained in truth, but is not self-evident.
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Love, otherwise ahimsa, sustains this planet of ours.
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If every component part of the nation claims the right of self-determination for itself, there is no one nation and there is no independence.
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There is always the fear of self-righteousness possessing us, the fear of arrogating to ourselves a superiority that we do not possess.
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It amazes me to find an intelligent person who fights against something which he does not at all believe exists.
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I know of no one who has done more for humanity than Jesus. In fact, there is nothing wrong with Christianity … The trouble is with you Christians. You do not begin to live up to your own teachings.
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All true art must help the soul to realize its inner self.
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If we were strong, self-respecting and not susceptible to frightfulness, the foreign rulers would have been powerless for mischief.
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Our duty is very simple and plain. We want to serve the community, and in our own humble way to serve the Empire. We believe in the righteousness of the cause, which it is our privilege to espouse. We have an abiding faith in the mercy of the Almighty God, and we have firm faith in the British Constitution. That being so, we should fail in our duty if we wrote anything with a view to hurt.
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A courageous man prefers death to the surrender of self-respect.