Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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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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You cannot cure a lesser evil by a greater evil.
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It is my unshakable belief that India's destiny is to deliver the message of nonviolence to mankind.
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To say that God permits evil in the world may not be pleasing to the ear. But if He is held responsible for the good, it follows that He has to be responsible for the evil too.
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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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Mental violence has no potency and injures only the person whose thoughts are violent. It is otherwise with mental non-violence. It has potency which the world does not yet know.
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Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence.
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To slight a single human being, is to slight those divine powers and thus to harm not only that being but with him, the whole world.
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You don't know who is important to you until you actually lose them.
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We are too near the scene of tragedy to realize that this canker or untouchability has traveled far beyond its prescribed limits and has sapped the very foundation of the whole nation.
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Withholding of payment of taxes is one of the quickest methods of overthrowing a government.
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My Swaraj will be not be a result of murder of others but a voluntary act of continuous self-sacrifice.
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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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Today I know that physical training should have as much place in the curriculum as mental training.
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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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In a nonviolent army, the general and the officers are elected, or are as if elected, when their authority is moral and rests solely on the willing obedience of the rank and file.
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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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No one should dogmatize about the capacity of human nature for degradation or exaltation.
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Employers ganging up against workers is like raising an army of elephants against ants.
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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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When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad-gita and find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming sorrow. Those who meditate on the Gita will derive fresh joy and new meanings from it every day.
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The best politics is right action.
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If we want to cultivate a true spirit of democracy we cannot afford to be intolerant. Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
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India's way is not Europe's. India is not Calcutta and Bombay. India lives in her seven hundred thousand villages.