Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Far more indispensable then food for the physical body is spiritual nourishment for the soul. One can do without food for a considerable time, but a man of the spirit cannot exist for a single second without spiritual nourishment.
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Those with the greatest awareness have the greatest nightmares.
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When untouchability is rooted out, these distinctions will vanish and no one will consider himself superior to any other.
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God forbid that India should ever become a military nation, which would be a menace to the peace of the world, and yet if things went on as they were doing, what hope was there for India and, therefore, for the world?
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Love is no love which asks for a return.
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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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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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Events that have happened during the past month have confirmed me in the opinion that the Imperial Government have acted in the Khilafat matter in an unscrupulous, immoral and unjust manner and have been moving from wrong to wrong in order to defend their immorality. I can retain neither respect nor affection for such a Government. The attitude of the Imperial and Your Excellency's Governments on the Punjab question has given me additional cause for grave dissatisfaction.
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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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The elephant needs a thousand times more food than the ant but that is not an indication of inequality.
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If we import compulsion in matters of religion, there is no doubt that we shall be committing suicide.
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A burning passion coupled with absolute detachment is the key to all success.
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A soldier fights with an irresistible strength when he has blown up his bridges and burnt his boats. Even so, it is with a soldier of ahimsa.
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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says that violence should be resisted not by counter-violence but by nonviolence. This I do by breaking the law and by peacefully submitting to arrest and imprisonment.
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A person unbound by vows can never be absolutely relied upon.
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Truth, purity, self-control, firmness, fearlessness, humility, unity, peace, and renunciation - these are the inherent qualities of a civil resister.
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I simply want to tell the story of my experiments with truth...as my life consists of nothing but those experiments.
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The English have taught us that we were not one nation before and that it will reaquire centuries before we become one nation. This is without foundation. We were one nation before they came to India. One thought inspired us. Our mode of life was the same. It was because we were one nation that they were able to establish one kingdom.
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Aggressive civil disobedience should be confined to a vindication of the right of free speech and free association.
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There is not a moment when I do not feel the presence of a Witness whose eye misses nothing and with whom I strive to keep in tune.
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Contraceptives are an insult to womanhood.
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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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To a hungry man, a piece of bread is the face of God.
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I hold that the world is sick of armed rebellions.