Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Voluntary service of others demands the best of which one is capable, and must take precedence over service of self.
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Untouchability is an error of long standing.
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To die without killing is the badge of a satyagrahi.
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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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When a man vowed to nonviolence as the law governing human beings dares to refer to war, he can only do it so as to strain every nerve to avoid it.
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Means are not to be distinguished from ends. If violent means are used, there will be bad results.
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Swaraj means even under dominion status a capacity to declare independence at will.
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One's everyday life is never capable of being separated from his spiritual being.
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It's a big error to dream of a society where nobody needs to be good.
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The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust.
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Contraceptives are an insult to womanhood.
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I consider Western Christianity in its practical working a negation of Christ's Christianity.
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Untouchability is a terrible reality.
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A full and candid admission of one's mistakes should make proof against its repetition.
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It is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the scriptures of the world. If we are to respect others' religions as we would have them respect our own, a friendly study of the world's religions is a sacred duty.
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Punishment is God's. He alone is the infallible Judge.
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I recall having read, at the brothers' instance, Madame Blavatsky's Key to Theosophy. This book stimulated in me the desire to read books on Hinduism, and disabused me of the notion fostered by the missionaries that Hinduism was rife with superstition.
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Total nonviolent non-cooperation has no place in popular Raj, whatever its level may be.
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No man could be actively nonviolent and not rise against social injustice, no matter where it occurred.
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Hesitating to act because the whole vision might not be achieved, or because others do not yet share it, is an attitude that only hinders progress.
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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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I should love to satisfy all, if I possibly can; but in trying to satisfy all, I may be able to satisfy none. I have, therefore, arrived at the conclusion that the best course is to satisfy one’s own conscience and leave the world to form its own judgment, favorable or otherwise.
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Satyagraha does not begin and end with civil disobedience.
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If India is not to declare spiritual bankruptcy, religious instruction of its youth must be held to be at least as necessary as secular instruction.