Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood.
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When there is war, the poet lays down the lyre, the lawyer his law reports, the schoolboy his books.
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If you want to play your part in the world's affairs, you must refuse to deck yourselves for pleasing man.
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If we wish to create a lasting peace we must begin with the children.
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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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Ahimsa and Truth are my two lungs. I cannot live without them.
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There is every reason for being cautious about founding new universities till India has digested Her newly acquired freedom.
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Let the content of Swaraj grow with the growth of national consciousness and aspirations.
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You can judge a society by the way it treats it's animals.
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Every worthy act is difficult. Ascent is always difficult. Descent is easy and often slippery.
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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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My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.
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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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I had learnt at the onset not to carry on public work with borrowed money.
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If we are to stand the final heat of the battle, we must learn to stand our ground in the face of cavalry or baton charges and allow ourselves to be trampled under horses' hooves, or be bruised with baton charges.
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Whoever is victor, there should be, after the war, a commonwealth of all nations.
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Equality of sexes does not mean equality of occupations.
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I believe in trusting. Trust begets trust. Suspicion is foetid and only stinks. He who trusts has never yet lost in the world.
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The Vedas are as indefinable as God and Hinduism.
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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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Distinguish between real needs and artificial wants and control the latter.
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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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Let India become alive by self-purification, that is self-restraint and self-denial, and she will be a boon to herself and mankind.
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Justice does not help those who slumber but helps only those who are vigilant.