Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer and gives him a sense of peace and joy. The Buddha gave up the pleasures of life because they had become painful to him.
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Often does good come out of evil. But that is God's, not man's plan.
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The nonviolent man automatically becomes a servant of God.
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Rama was not only on the lips of Hanuman. He was enthroned in his heart. He gave Hanuman exhaustless strength.
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If I was to be their real teacher and guardian, I must touch their hearts, I must share their joys and sorrows, I must help them to solve the problems that faced them, and I must take along the right channel the surging aspirations of their youth.
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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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The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse of truth.
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It will be hard to find a parallel in history in which unarmed people have represented the urge for freedom, turning their armlessness into the central means for deliverance.
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We cannot be speakers who do not listen. But neither can we be listeners who do not speak.
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You Christians look after a document containing enough dynamite to blow all civilisation to pieces, turn the world upside down and bring peace to a battle-torn planet. But you treat it as though it is nothing more than a piece of literature.
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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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In reality there are as many religions as there are individuals.
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An India free from exploitation from within and without must prosper with astonishing rapidity.
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He who runs may see that opium and such other intoxicants and narcotics stupefy a man's soul and reduce him to a level lower than that of beasts.
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India is essentially a karmabhumi (land of duty) in contradistinction to bhogabhumi (land of enjoyment).
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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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The restoration of spinning to its central place in India's peaceful campaign for deliverance from the imperial yoke gives her women a special status.
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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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My religion is a matter solely between my Maker and myself.
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The sky may be overcast today with clouds, but a fervent prayer to God is enough to dispel them.
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My whole soul rebels against the idea that Hinduism and Islam represent two antagonistic cultures and doctrines.
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Distinguish between real needs and artificial wants and control the latter.
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What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.
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My attitude towards the British is one of utter friendliness and respect.