Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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All religions enjoined worship of the One God who is all-pervasive. He is present even in a drop of water or in a tiny speck of dust.
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Contraceptives are an insult to womanhood.
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Every good movement passes through five stages, indifference, ridicule, abuse, repression, and respect.
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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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Liberty never meant the license to do anything at will.
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Permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence.
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Every single act of one who would lead a life of purity should be in the nature of yajna.
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Compassion is a muscle that gets stronger with use.
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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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We cannot, in a moment, get rid of habits of a lifetime.
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In this day of wonders no one will say that a thing or an idea is worthless because it is new. To say it is impossible because it is difficult is again not in consonance with the spirit of the age. Things undreamt of are daily being seen, the impossible is ever becoming possible.
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A pacifism which can see the cruelties only of occasional military warfare and is blind to the continuous cruelties of our social system is worthless.
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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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Government control gives rise to fraud, suppression of Truth, intensification of the black market and artificial scarcity. Above all, it unmans the people and deprives them of initiative, it undoes the teaching of self-help.
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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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My religion is a matter solely between my Maker and myself.
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Well, India is a country of nonsense.
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The greatness of a person lies in his heart, not in his head; that is intellect.
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A country that is governed by its national army can never be morally free and, therefore, its so-called weakest member can never rise to his full moral height.
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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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The consumption of vegetables involves himsa, but I cannot give them up.
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Kaffirs are as a rule uncivilised-the convicts even more so. They are troublesome, very dirty and live almost like animals.
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Calling them devadasis we insult God Himself in the name of religion.
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Religion is the tie that binds one to one's Creator, and whilst the body perishes, as it has to, religion persists even after death.