Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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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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When there is war, the poet lays down the lyre, the lawyer his law reports, the schoolboy his books.
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Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. Violence is any day preferable to impotence. There is hope for a violent man to become non-violent. There is no such hope for the impotent.
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National education to be truly national must reflect the national condition for the time being.
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Men of stainless character and self purification will easily inspire confidence and automatically purify the atmosphere around them.
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A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.
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Education without courage is like a wax statue - beautiful to look at but bound to melt at the first touch of a hot stuff.
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Compassion is a muscle that gets stronger with use.
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Complete independence through truth and non-violence means the independence of every unit, be it the humblest of the nation, without distinction of race, colour or creed.
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I hold that the world is sick of armed rebellions.
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I recall having read, at the brothers' instance, Madame Blavatsky's Key to Theosophy. This book stimulated in me the desire to read books on Hinduism, and disabused me of the notion fostered by the missionaries that Hinduism was rife with superstition.
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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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I must declare that it is better for India do discard violence altogether even for defending her borders.
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You may have occasion to possess or use material things, but the secret of life lies in never missing them.
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Freedom of worship, even of public speech, would become a farce if interference became the order of the day.
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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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Love and exclusive possession can never go together.
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A samagra gramsevak must know everybody living in the village and render them such service as he possibly can.
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A satyagrahi is nothing if not instinctively law-abiding.
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The mentality which made one section of the Indians look upon another as enemies was suicidal; it could only serve to perpetuate their slavery.
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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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There being no absolute and universal standard of right, terrorism must be held to be wrong in every case.
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Heroes are made in the hour of defeat.
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Remember there is always a limit to self-indulgence, none to restraint... Civilization , in the real sense of the term, consists not in the multiplication but in the deliberate and voluntary restriction of wants. This alone promotes real happiness and contentment , and increases the capacity for service.