Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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A teacher who establishes rapport with the taught, becomes one with them, learns more from them than he teaches them. He who learns nothing from his disciples is, in my opinion, worthless. Whenever I talk with someone I learn from him. I take from him more than I give him.
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In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.
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I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.
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Every species, human and subhuman, has some distinguishing mark, so that you can tell a man from a beast, or a dog from a cow.
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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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He who is ever brooding over result often loses nerve in the performance of his duty.
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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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Bullies are always to be found where there are cowards.
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Swaraj would be real Swaraj only when there would be no occasion for safeguarding any rights.
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Detachment is not indifference. it is the prerequisite for effective involvement. Often what we think is best for others is distorted by our attachments to our opinions. We want others to be happy in the way we think they should be happy. It is only when we want nothing for ourselves that we are able to see clearly into others needs and understand how to serve them.
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I have naturally formed the habit of restraining my thoughts. A thoughtless word hardly ever escaped my tongue or pen. Experience has taught me that silence is part of the spiritual discipline of a votary of truth. We find so many people impatient to talk. All this talking can hardly be said to be of any benefit to the world. It is so much waste of time. My shyness has been in reality my shield and buckler. It has allowed me to grow. It has helped me in my discernment of truth.
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He is no God who merely satisfies the intellect, if He ever does.
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In fact, it is more correct to say that Truth is God, than to say that God is Truth.
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Means to be means must always be within our reach, and so ahimsa is our supreme duty.
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The rich cannot accumulate wealth without the co-operation of the poor in society.
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Satyagraha is a process of educating public opinion, such that it covers all the elements of the society and in the end makes itself irresistible.
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India is less manly under the British rule than she ever was before.
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Be the change you seek.
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What can be richer and more fruitful than a greater fulfillment of the vow of nonviolence in thought, word and deed or the spread of that spirit?
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Our peaceful non – co – operation must be constructive, non-destructive. Poison should not emerge from the throes of love.
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The best politics is right action.
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Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible.
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The world cannot be successfully fooled for all time.
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My ahimsa would not tolerate the idea of giving a free meal to a healthy person who has not worked for it in some honest way.