Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Apparently, I've acted like a terrorist. But I'm not a terrorist.
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The path of Truth is as narrow as it is straight. Even so is that of ahimsa.
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The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust.
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If love wasn't the law of life, life would not have persisted in the midst of death.
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For a satyagrahi brigade only those are eligible who believe in ahimsa and satya.
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My personal religion enables me to serve my countrymen without hurting the English or, for that matter, anybody else.
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The elephant needs a thousand times more food than the ant but that is not an indication of inequality.
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The measure of a society can be how well its people treat its animals.
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Disobedience that is wholly civil should never provoke retaliation.
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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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I know that in embarking on non-violence I shall be running what might be termed a mad risk. But the victories of truth have never been won without risks.
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Nonviolent action without the co-operation of the heart and the head cannot produce the intended result.
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Indeed, the test of orderliness in a country is not the number of millionaires it owns, but the absence of starvation among its masses.
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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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It only confirms me in my belief that there is no Swaraj without a settlement with the Mussalmans.
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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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An India free from exploitation from within and without must prosper with astonishing rapidity.
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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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The consumption of vegetables involves himsa, but I cannot give them up.
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Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.
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I do not want my house to be rounded by walls and my windows to be closed to other cultures. I wish to become familiar with the culture of lands as much as possible but I will not permit them to affect me or shake me from my own status.
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Faith is a function of the heart. It must be enforced by reason. The two are not antagonistic as some think. The more intense one's faith is, the more it whets one's reason. When faith becomes blind it dies.
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As a rule I had a distaste for any reading beyond my school books.
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Of what avail is my love if it be only so long as I trust my friend?