Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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The Vedas are as indefinable as God and Hinduism.
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I have not hesitated to call the system of Government under which we are labouring 'satanic' and I withdraw naught out of it.
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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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It is difficult for me to regard anyone who obeys no moral principle in his conduct to be a religious man.
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Spiritually, compulsory disarmament has made us unmanly, and the presence of an alien army of occupation, employed with deadly effect to crush in us the spirit of resistance, has made us think we cannot look after ourselves or put up a defense against foreign aggression, or even defend our homes and families.
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The Charkha supplemented the agriculture of the villagers and gave it dignity.
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All religions enjoined worship of the One God who is all-pervasive. He is present even in a drop of water or in a tiny speck of dust.
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Truth is self-evident, nonviolence is its maturest fruit. It is contained in truth, but is not self-evident.
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Nowhere in the world would you find such skeletons of cows and bullocks as you do in our cow-worshipping India.
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Hinduism is not a codified religion.
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A plea for the spinning wheel is a plea for recognizing the dignity of labour.
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So long as we fear the outside world, we must cease to think of Swaraj.
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Economic equality is the master-key to nonviolent independence.
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If one has no affection for a person or a system, one should feel free to give the fullest expression to his disaffection so long as he does not contemplate, promote, or incite violence.
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Is it not possible for us all to realize that the masses will never mount to freedom through murder?
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An India free from exploitation from within and without must prosper with astonishing rapidity.
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Celebration of Independence Day with great pomp and show was quite appropriate when we were fighting for independence which we had neither seen nor handled. Now we have handled it and we seem to be disillusioned. At least - I am, even if you are not. What are we celebrating today? Surely, not our disillusionment.
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Belief in one God is the cornerstone of all religions.
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It would conduce to national progress and save a great deal of time and trouble if we cultivated the habit of never supporting the resolutions either by speaking or voting for them if we had not either the intention or the ability to carry them out.
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I have shut my mind against nothing and I am a friend of Great Britain. I always have been. I have no axe to grind.
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There is no god higher than truth.
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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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The primary object of non-cooperation is nowhere stated to be paralysis of the Government. The primary object is self-purification.
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That prince is acceptable to me who becomes a prince among his people's servants.