Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.
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There is no 'way to peace,' there is only 'peace.
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Justice does not help those who slumber but helps only those who are vigilant.
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Any imposition from without means compulsion. Such compulsion is repugnant to religion.
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I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.
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Sorrow and suffering make for character if they are voluntarily borne, but not if they are imposed.
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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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Purification is never for the selfishly idle, it accrues only to the selflessly industrious.
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I had learnt at the onset not to carry on public work with borrowed money.
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If a man voluntarily allows himself to be crushed, he yields the oil of moral energy which sustains the world.
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Change occurs when deeply felt private experiences are given public legitimacy.
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In a self-respecting India, is not every woman's virtue as much every man's concern as his own sister's?
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It is necessary first to purify the drunken and dissolute worshippers in charge of some of these temples.
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In the dictionary of Satyagraha, there is no enemy.
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True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding the true path for ourselves, and fearlessly following it.
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Forgiveness is the virtue of the brave.
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Any young man, who makes dowry a condition to marriage, discredits his education and his country and dishonours womanhood.
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Mother cow expects from us nothing but grass and grain.
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In the midst of death life persists.
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We are our own slaves, not of the British. This should be engraved on our minds. The whites cannot remain if we do not want them. If the idea is to drive them out with firearms, let every Indian consider what precious little profit Europe has found in these.
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That nation is great which rests its head upon death as its pillow.
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One hour spent in spinning should be an hour of self-development for the spinner.
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The rich cannot accumulate wealth without the co-operation of the poor in society.
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The khadi spirit means also an infinite patience.