Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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If as a member of a slave nation I could deliver the suppressed classes from their slavery without freeing myself from my own, I would do so today. But it is an impossible task.
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They might kill me but they cannot kill Gandhism. If truth can be killed, Gandhism can be killed.
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A man who wants to control his animal passions easily does so if he controls his palate.
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Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French. It is wrong and inhuman to impose the Jews on the Arabs... Surely it would be a crime against humanity to reduce the proud Arabs so that Palestine can be restored to the Jews partly or wholly as their national home.
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Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
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A person who is worried about the outcome of his work does not see his goal; he sees only his opposition and the obstacles before him.
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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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I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.
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I know that in embarking on non-violence I shall be running what might be termed a mad risk. But the victories of truth have never been won without risks.
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The cry for the national home for the Jews does not make much appeal to me. The sanction for it is sought in the Bible and the tenacity with which the Jews have hankered after return to Palestine. Why should they not, like other peoples of the earth, make that country their home where they are born and where they earn their livelihood?
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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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Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible.
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It's a big error to dream of a society where nobody needs to be good.
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It is a travesty of true religion to consider one's own religion as superior and other's as inferior.
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Mr. Gandhi, you have been working fifteen hours a day for fifty years. Don't you think you should take a vacation?" Gandhi smiled and replied, "I am always on vacation.
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How can I make difference so that I may bring peace to this world that I love and cherish so much? A name flickers instantly in my mind.
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You don't know who is important to you until you actually lose them.
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A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.
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Complete independence through truth and non-violence means the independence of every unit, be it the humblest of the nation, without distinction of race, colour or creed.
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Friendship that insists upon agreement on all matters is not worth the name. Friendship to be real must ever sustain the weight of honest differences, however sharp they be.
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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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What is equality of rights between a giant and a dwarf?
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Ahimsa must be placed before everything else while it is professed. Then alone it becomes irresistible.
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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.