Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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The golden rule of conduct is mutual toleration, seeing that we will never all think alike and we shall see Truth in fragment and from different angles of vision.
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The line of demarcation between democracy and monocracy is often thin, but rigid and stronger than unbreakable steel.
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A truly nonviolent man would never live to tell the tale of atrocities. He would have laid down his life on the spot in non-violent resistance.
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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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That prince is acceptable to me who becomes a prince among his people's servants.
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In an atmosphere of ahimsa, one has no scope to put his ahimsa to the test. It can be tested only in the face of himsa.
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For my own part, I do not want the freedom of India if it means extinction of English or the disappearance of Englishmen.
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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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If non-violence is the Law of our being, the future is with Women.
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The cow is the purest type of sub-human life.
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In battling against untouchability, and in dedicating myself to that battle, I have no less an ambition than to see a full regeneration of humanity.
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Independence means voluntary restraints and discipline, voluntary acceptance of the rule of law.
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It was Ba's inspiration which helped me reach the heights of my inner self. She was my priceless jewel.
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I call the Lancashire trade immoral, because it was raised and is sustained on the ruin of millions of India's peasants.
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Think of the poorest person you know and see if your next act will be of any use to him.
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Confession of one's guilt purifies and uplifts. Its suppression is degrading and should always be avoided.
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Even as wisdom often comes from the mouths of babes, so does it often come from the mouths of old people. The golden rule is to test everything in the light of reason and experience, no matter from where it comes.
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God is that indefinable something which we all feel but which we do not know.
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The instruments for the quest for Truth are as simple as they are difficult.
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The purification required is not of untouchables but of the so-called superior castes.
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The satyagrahi strives to reach reason through the heart. The method of reaching the heart is to awaken public opinion.
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I worship God as Truth only. I have not yet found Him, but I am seeking after Him. I am prepared to sacrifice the things dearest to me in pursuit of this quest. Even if the sacrifice demanded my very life, I hope I may be prepared to give it.
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If you want to play your part in the world's affairs, you must refuse to deck yourselves for pleasing man.
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To have a happy ending, choose a happy moment and call it 'the ending'. Honesty is incompatible with the amassing of a large fortune.