Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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That nation is great which rests its head upon death as its pillow.
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A man who is truthful and does not mean ill even to his adversary will be slow to believe charges even against his foes. He will, however, try to understand the viewpoints of his opponents and will always keep an open mind and seek every opportunity of serving his opponents.
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Where there are millions upon millions of units of idle labour, it is no use thinking of labour-saving devices.
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Never make a promise in haste.
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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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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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Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in its corruption and lawlessness.
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Today I know that physical training should have as much place in the curriculum as mental training.
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The cottage industry of India had to perish in order that Lancashire might flourish.
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Truth is transcendent. There are many expressions of it and ways to glimpse it. We cannot hold it in our clenched fist, but must hold it in our open palm and invite others to see it for themselves.
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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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No matter how explicit the pledge, people will turn and twist the text to suit their own purpose.
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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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The bomb-throwers have discredited the cause of freedom, in whose name they threw the bombs.
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Generosity consists not the sum given, but the manner in which it is bestowed.
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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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Swaraj would be real Swaraj only when there would be no occasion for safeguarding any rights.
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He who does not see God in the next person he meets need look no further.
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Moral result can only be produced by moral restraints.
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If I seem to take part in politics, it is only because politics encircles us today like the coil of a snake from which one cannot get out, no matter how much one tries. I wish therefore to wrestle with the snake.
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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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The art of dying bravely and with honour does not need any special training, save a living faith in God.
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My creed of nonviolence is an extremely active force.
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The only thing lawful is non-violence. Violence can never be lawful in the sense meant here, i.e., not according to man-made laws, but according to the laws made by Nature for man.