Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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The Charkha in the hands of a poor widow brings a paltry price to her, in the hands of Jawaharlal; it is an instrument of India's freedom.
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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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It is impossible to wait and weigh, in golden scales, the sentiments of prejudice and superstition that have gathered round the priests who are considered to be the custodians of Hinduism.
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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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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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Women are special custodians of all that is pure and religious in life.
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The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer and gives him a sense of peace and joy. The Buddha gave up the pleasures of life because they had become painful to him.
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I claim to represent all the cultures, for my religion, whatever it may be called, demands the fulfillment of all the cultures.
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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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The cow is the purest type of sub-human life.
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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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One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.
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Love and exclusive possession can never go together.
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You Christians look after a document containing enough dynamite to blow all civilisation to pieces, turn the world upside down and bring peace to a battle-torn planet. But you treat it as though it is nothing more than a piece of literature.
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The consumption of vegetables involves himsa, but I cannot give them up.
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You can't shake hands with a closed fist.
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Man is oftentimes weak-minded enough to be caught in the snare of greed and honeyed words.
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I cannot imagine anything nobler or more national than that for, say, one hour in the day we should all do the labor the poor must do, and thus identify ourselves with them and through them, with all mankind.
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A general belief seems to prevail in the colony that the Indians are little better, if at all, than the savages or natives of Africa. Even the children are taught to believe in that manner, with the result that the Indian is being dragged down to the position of a raw Kaffir.
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Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.
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The time is fast coming when politicians will cease to fear the religion of humanity and humanitarians will find entrance into political life indispensable for full service.
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Vegetarians should have that moral basis-that a man was not born a carnivorous animal, but born to live on the fruits and herbs that the earth grows.
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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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My religion is a matter solely between my Maker and myself.