Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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To find truth completely is to realize oneself and one's destiny, i.e. to become perfect.
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A seeker of truth will never begin by discounting his opponent's statement as unworthy of trust.
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I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.
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Hinduism is a relentless pursuit of Truth. "Truth is God" and if today it has become moribund, inactive, irresponsive to growth, it is because we are fatigued; and as soon as the fatigue is over, Hinduism will burst upon the world with a brilliance perhaps unknown before.
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Begin with duties of a man and rights will follow as spring follows winter.
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Restraint never ruins one's health. What ruins it,is not restraint but outward suppression. A really self-restrained person grows every day from strength to strength and from peace to more peace. The very first step in self-restraint is the restraint of thoughts.
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A government builds its prestige upon the apparently voluntary association of the governed.
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Swaraj will favour Hinduism no more than Islam, nor Islam more than Hinduism.
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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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To a starving man, God can only appear in the form of bread.
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My attitude towards the British is one of utter friendliness and respect.
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Let India become alive by self-purification, that is self-restraint and self-denial, and she will be a boon to herself and mankind.
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Love and exclusive possession can never go together.
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Exploitation and domination of one nation over another can have no place in a world striving to put an end to all war.
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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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Truth is God, and Truth overrides all our plans. The whole Truth is only embodied within the heart of Great Power-Truth.
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Violence is the weapon of weak, non-violence that of the strong.
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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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Man is oftentimes weak-minded enough to be caught in the snare of greed and honeyed words.
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Satyagraha, of which civil resistance is but a part, is to me the universal law of life.
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There are as many different religions as there are individuals.
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Prayer presupposes faith. No prayer is in vain. Prayer is like any other action.
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Self-suppression is often necessary in the interest of truth and nonviolence.
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To fail to do good is as bad as doing harm.