Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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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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Indeed the very word, nonviolence, a negative word, means that it is an effort to abandon the violence that is inevitable in life.
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True love is boundless like the ocean and, swelling within one, spreads itself out and, crossing all boundaries and frontiers, envelops the whole world.
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The real test of nonviolence lies in its being brought in contact with those who have contempt for it.
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My personal religion enables me to serve my countrymen without hurting the English or, for that matter, anybody else.
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A teacher who establishes rapport with the taught, becomes one with them, learns more from them than he teaches them. He who learns nothing from his disciples is, in my opinion, worthless. Whenever I talk with someone I learn from him. I take from him more than I give him.
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If there ever could be a justifiable war in the name of and for humanity, a war against Germany, to prevent the wanton persecution of a whole race, would be completely justified. But I do not believe in any war. A discussion of the pros and cons of such a war is therefore outside my horizon or province.
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It is possible for a single individual to defy the whole might of an unjust empire to save his honor, his religion, his soul and lay the foundation for the empire's fall or its regeneration.
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I would rather have India reduced to a state of pauperism than have thousands of drunkards in our midst.
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It was Ba's inspiration which helped me reach the heights of my inner self. She was my priceless jewel.
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Permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence.
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Without action, you aren't going anywhere.
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Equality of sexes does not mean equality of occupations.
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Truth is as hard as adamant and tender as a blossom.
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Swaraj is not meant for cowards, but for those who would mount smilingly to the gallows and refuse even to allow their eyes to be bandaged.
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Disobedience, to be civil, implies discipline, thought, care, attention.
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Ahimsa is the height of Kshatriya dharma as it represents the climax of fearlessness.
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It is degrading both for man and woman that woman should be called upon or induced to forsake the hearth and shoulder the rifle for the protection of that hearth.
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A satyagrahi is sometimes bound to use language which is capable of two meanings, provided both the meanings are obvious and necessary and there is no intention to deceive anyone.
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So far as I can see, the atomic bomb has deadened the finest feeling that has sustained for ages. There used to be so-called laws of war, which made it tolerable. Now we know the truth. War knows no law except that of might. The atomic bomb brought an empty victory but it resulted for the time being in destroying the soul of Japan. What has happened to the soul of the destroying nation is yet too early to see.
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Mass civil disobedience was for the attainment of independence.
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It is impossible to wait and weigh, in golden scales, the sentiments of prejudice and superstition that have gathered round the priests who are considered to be the custodians of Hinduism.
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Ethically they had arrived at the conclusion that man's supremacy over lower animals meant not that the former should prey upon the latter, but that the higher should protect the lower, and that there should be mutual aid between the two as between man and man. They had also brought out the truth that man eats not for enjoyment but to live.
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Let the content of Swaraj grow with the growth of national consciousness and aspirations.