Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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That prince is acceptable to me who becomes a prince among his people's servants.
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Close the day with prayer so that you may have a peaceful night free from dreams and nightmares.
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Between the two, the nationalist and the imperialist, there is no meeting ground.
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My fight against untouchability is a fight against the impure in humanity.
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The spinning wheel is not meant to oust a single man or woman from his or her occupation.
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The villagers want bread-not butter-and disciplined work, some work that will supplement their agricultural avocations which do not go on for all the 12 months.
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A genuine fast cleanses the body, mind and soul. It crucifies the flesh and to that extent sets the soul free.
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I have had the hardihood to say that Swaraj could not be granted even by God.
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The nonviolent man automatically becomes a servant of God.
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What is truth? A difficult question; but I have solved it for myself by saying that it is what the 'voice within' tells you.
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Every single act of one who would lead a life of purity should be in the nature of yajna.
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The duty of motherhood, which the vast majority of woman will always undertake, requires the qualities which men need not possess.
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Civil disobedience is not only the natural right of a people, especially when they have no effective voice in their own Government, but that it is also a substitute for violence or armed rebellion.
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The hater hates not for the sake of hatred but because he wants to drive away from his country the hated being or beings.
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I do not consider Hitler to be as bad as he is depicted. He is showing an ability which is amazing and he seems to be gaining his victories without much bloodshed.
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There are subjects where reason cannot take us far and we have to accept things on faith. Faith then does not contradict reason but transcends it. Faith is a kind of sixth sense which works in cases which are without the purview of reason.
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Coal is not dear for the coal-miner who can use it there and then, nor is khadi dear for the villager who manufactures his own khadi.
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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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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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If you would swim on the bosom of the ocean of Truth, you must reduce yourself to a zero.
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We cannot, in a moment, get rid of habits of a lifetime.
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Man will ever remain imperfect, and it will always be his part to try to be perfect.
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It is a first class human tragedy that people of the earth who claim to believe in the message of Jesus, whom they describe as the Prince of Peace, show little of that belief in actual practice.
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Ahimsa is not a matter of mere dietetics: it transcends it.