Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Nobody can hurt me without my permission.
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Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
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All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.
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Non-violence is the article of faith.
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We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.
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I may be a despicable person, but when Truth speaks through me I am invincible.
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Whether humanity will consciously follow the law of love, I do not know. But that need not disturb me. The law will work just as the law of gravitation works whether we accept it or not.
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I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
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There is no love where there is no will.
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Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.
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Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.
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It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us. This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good heart whatever they might have to say.
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The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.
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Muslims must realize and admit the wrongs perpetrated under the Islamic rule.
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Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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If a man reaches the heart of his own religion, he has reached the heart of the others, too. There is only one God, and there are many paths to him.
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Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.
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The ideally non-violent state will be an ordered anarchy. That State is the best governed which is governed the least.
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The science of war leads one to dictatorship, pure and simple. The science of non-violence alone can lead one to pure democracy. Power based on love is thousand times more effective and permanent than power derived from fear of punishment. It is a blasphemy to say non-violence can be practiced only by individuals and never by nations which are composed of individuals. The nearest approach to purest anarchy would be a democracy based on non-violence. A society organized and run on the basis of complete non-violence would be the purest anarchy.
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Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
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To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
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My ambition is much higher than independence. Through the deliverance of India, I seek to deliver the so-called weaker races of the Earth from the crushing heels of Western exploitation in which England is the greatest partner.
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To get Swaraj is to get rid of our helplessness.