Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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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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No matter how explicit the pledge, people will turn and twist the text to suit their own purpose.
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Swaraj does not depend on jail going. If it did, there are thousands of prisoners in jail today. It depends on everyone doing his or her own task.
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The ally we must cultivate is the part of our enemy which knows the truth.
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The Bible is as much a book of religion with me as the Gita and the Koran.
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My patriotism is not an exclusive thing. It is all-embracing and I should reject that patriotism which sought to mount the distress or exploitation of other nationalities.
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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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If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.
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Violence becomes imperative when an attempt is made to assert rights without any reference to duties.
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Love, otherwise ahimsa, sustains this planet of ours.
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Cow preservation is an article of faith in Hinduism.
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Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?
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A man who is swayed by negative emotions may have good enough intentions, may be truthful in word, but he will never find the Truth.
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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.
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He who is ever brooding over result often loses nerve in the performance of his duty.
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Those who know how to think need no teachers.
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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 believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.
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A man of truth must also be a man of care.
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It is necessary to correct the error that vegetarianism has made us weak in mind, or passive or inert in action. I do not regard flesh-food as necessary at any stage.
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We burn the evil men do with their mortal remains. We treasure the memory of the good they do, and distance magnifies it.
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Let us remember that we are all Indians eating Indian grain and salt, and living on the dumb Indian masses.
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Prayer is no mere exercise of words or of the ears, it is no mere repetition of empty formula.
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The devotee of truth is often obliged to grope in the dark.