Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.
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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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Contraceptives are an insult to womanhood.
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If we wish to create a lasting peace we must begin with the children.
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I have not hesitated to call the system of Government under which we are labouring 'satanic' and I withdraw naught out of it.
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In the characteristics of the perfected man of the Gita, I do not see any to correspond to physical warfare.
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There is a vital connection between satyagraha and charkha, and the more I find that belief challenged, the more I am confirmed in it.
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Non-violence ... is the only thing that the atom bomb cannot destroy.
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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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You cannot succeed in one department of life while cheating on another, life is an indivisible whole.
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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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Every home is a university and the parents are the teachers.
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The fragrance of nonviolence was never sweeter than it was today amidst the stink of violence of the most cowardly type that was being displayed in the cities of India.
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Confession of one's guilt purifies and uplifts. Its suppression is degrading and should always be avoided.
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I love Christianity, Islam and many other faiths - through Hinduism.
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India is essentially a karmabhumi (land of duty) in contradistinction to bhogabhumi (land of enjoyment).
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Since satyagraha is a method of conversion and conviction, it seeks never to use the slightest coercion.
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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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Liberty never meant the license to do anything at will.
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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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I do not believe that the spiritual law works on a field of its own. On the contrary, it expresses itself only through the ordinary activities of life. It thus affects the economic, the social and the political fields.
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Truth is what the voice within tells you.
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I would rather have India reduced to a state of pauperism than have thousands of drunkards in our midst.
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Begin your day with prayer, and make it so soulful that it may remain with you until the evening.