Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Man has always desired power. Ownership of property gives this power. Man hankers also after posthumous fame based on power.
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Non-co-operation and civil disobedience in terms of Swaraj are not to be thought of without substantial constructive effort.
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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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A true man of piety will consider himself a sinner and, therefore, untouchable.
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A rabbit that runs away from the bull-terrier is not particularly non-violent.
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I have not conceived my mission to be that of a knight-errant wandering everywhere to deliver people from difficult situations. My humble occupation has been to show people how they can solve their own difficulties.
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The only force at the disposal of democracy is that of public opinion.
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President means chief servant.
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A satyagrahi exhausts all other means before he resorts to satyagraha.
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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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When a tiger changes his nature, Englishmen will change theirs.
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The satyagrahi should not have any hatred in his heart against the opponent.
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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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Even the most despotic government cannot stand except for the consent of the governed.... Immediately the subject ceases to fear the despotic force, his power is gone.
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Often does good come out of evil. But that is God's, not man's plan.
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Self-suppression is often necessary in the interest of truth and nonviolence.
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Never has man reached his destination by persistence in deviation from the straight path.
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You cannot succeed in one department of life while cheating on another, life is an indivisible whole.
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Democracy is an impossible thing until the power is shared by all, but let not democracy degenerate into mobocracy.
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Nonviolence in politics is a new weapon in the process of evolution; its vast possibilities are yet unexplored.
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Liberty never meant the license to do anything at will.
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I am not fighting machinery as such, but the madness of thinking that machinery saves labor. Men save labor until thousands of them are without work and die of hunger on the streets. I want to secure employment and livelihood not only to part of the human race, but for all. I will not have the enrichment of a few at the expense of the community. At present the machine is helping a small minority to live on the exploitation of the masses. The motive force of this minority is not humanity or love of their kind, but greed and avarice.
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I have been repeating over and over again that he who cannot protect himself or his nearest and dearest or their honour by non-violently facing death may and ought to do so by violently dealing with the oppressor. He who can do neither of the two is a burden. He has no business to be the head of a family. He must either hide himself, or must rest content to live for ever in helplessness and be prepared to crawl like a worm at the bidding of a bully.
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To fail to do good is as bad as doing harm.