Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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The restoration of free speech, free association and free press is almost the whole Swaraj.
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Boycott brought about anyhow of British cloth cannot yield the same results as such boycott brought about by hand-spinning and khaddar.
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Experience gained in two schools under my control has taught me that punishment does not purify, if anything, it hardens children.
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A rabbit that runs away from the bull-terrier is not particularly non-violent.
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The only way by which you and I can wean orthodox Hindus from their bigotry is by patient argument and correct conduct.
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If we are true servants of the masses, we would take pride in spinning for their sake.
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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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Non-violence should never be used as a shield for cowardice. It is a weapon for the brave.
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The strength to kill is not essential for self-defence; one ought to have the strength to die.
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Self-government means continuous effort to be independent of government control, whether it is foreign government or whether it is national. Swaraj government will be a sorry affair if people look up for the regulation of every detail of life.
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Cow protection means protection of the weak, the helpless, the dumb and the deaf.
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Truthful movements spontaneously attract to themselves all manner of pure and disinterested help.
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Do not crave to know the views of others, nor base your intent thereon. To think independently for yourself is a sign of fearlessness.
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Since the propagation of nonviolence is the mission of my life, I must pursue it in all weathers.
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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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Untouchability, I hold, is a sin, if Bhagavadgita is one of our Divine Books.
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To retaliate against the relatives of the co-religionists of the wrong-doer is a cowardly act.
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I am just not thinking of India's deliverance. It will come, but will it be worth if England and France fall, or if they come out victorious over Germany ruined and humbled?
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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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With every true friendship we build more firmly the foundations on which the peace of the whole world rests. Thought by thought and act by act, with every breath we build more firmly the kingdom of non-violence that is the true home of the spirit of humanity.
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The more efficient a force is, the more silent and the more subtle it is.
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Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.
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I condemn, for all climes and for all times, secret murders and unfair methods even for a fair cause.
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If Swaraj is to be had by peaceful methods, it will only be attained by attention to every little detail of national life.