Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Those who believe religion and politics aren't connected don't understand either.
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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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Even a single lamp dispels the deepest darkness.
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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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The ally we must cultivate is the part of our enemy which knows the truth.
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Civil disobedience is the assertion of a right which law should give but which it denies.
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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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If we were strong, self-respecting and not susceptible to frightfulness, the foreign rulers would have been powerless for mischief.
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There is no better way of industrializing the villages of India than the spinning wheel.
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I do not regard capital to be the enemy of labour.
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My creed of nonviolence does not favour the punishment of thieves and dacoits and even murderers.
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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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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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My love for nonviolence is superior to every other thing, mundane or super mundane.
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Nationalism, like virtue, has its own reward.
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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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For me, humanitarian service, or rather service of all that lives, is religion. And I draw no distinction between such religion and politics.
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Violence becomes imperative when an attempt is made to assert rights without any reference to duties.
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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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In a self-respecting India, is not every woman's virtue as much every man's concern as his own sister's?
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A genuine fast cleanses the body, mind and soul. It crucifies the flesh and to that extent sets the soul free.
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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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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.