Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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There is no such thing as compulsion in the scheme of nonviolence.
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Duly Enlightened Gandhi's head by Mall of the 'Free Press Journal,' Bombay, in 1932Watches may disagree, but let us not.
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When untouchability is rooted out, these distinctions will vanish and no one will consider himself superior to any other.
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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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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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The author of the Mahabharata has not established the necessity of physical warfare; on the contrary he has proved its futility.
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Our greatest ability as humans is not to change the world; but to change ourselves.
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He who is ever brooding over result often loses nerve in the performance of his duty.
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To remove untouchability is a penance that caste Hindus owe to Hinduism and to themselves.
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I do feel that spiritual progress does demand at some stage-an inexorable demand-that we should cease to kill our fellow-creatures for satisfaction of our bodily wants.
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Remember that there is always a limit to self-indulgence but none to self-restraint, and let us daily progress in that direction.
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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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My own experience but confirms the opinion that the Musalman as a rule is a bully, and the Hindu as rule is a coward.
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The measure of a society can be how well its people treat its animals.
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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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Hindu-Muslim unity, khaddar and removal of untouchability are to me the foundation of Swaraj.
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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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My greatest weapon is mute prayer.
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The sacred thread and the tuft of hair without a pure heart and a spirit of toleration do not make a Hindu.
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The real meaning of economic equality is "To each according to his need."
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Let our first act each morning be the following resolve: I shall not fear anyone on Earth. I shall fear only God.
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Nonviolence is an unchangeable creed. It has to be pursued even in face of violence raging around you.
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Whoever is victor, there should be, after the war, a commonwealth of all nations.
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In the midst of darkness, light persists.