Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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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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I came in contact with every known Indian anarchist in London. Their bravery impressed me, but I felt that their zeal was misguided. I felt that violence was no remedy for India's ills, and that her civilisation required the use of a different and higher weapon for self-protection.
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Heroes are made in the hour of defeat. Success is, therefore, well described as a series of glorious defeats.
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I may fight the British ruler, but I do not hate the English or their language. In fact, I appreciate their literary treasures.
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India will not be a helpless partner in her own exploitation and foreign domination.
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The method of satyagraha requires that the satyagrahi should never lose hope, so long as there is the slightest ground left for it.
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My religion is a matter solely between my Maker and myself.
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To have a happy ending, choose a happy moment and call it 'the ending'. Honesty is incompatible with the amassing of a large fortune.
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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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The Gita distinguishes between the powers of light and darkness and demonstrates their incompatibility.
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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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Begin with duties of a man and rights will follow as spring follows winter.
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The function of violence is to obtain reform by external means, the function of passive resistance, that is, soul-force, is to obtain it by growth from within, which, in its turn, is obtained by self-suffering, self-purification.
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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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Idolatry is permissible in Hinduism when it sub serves an ideal.
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I have no weapon but nonviolence.
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Freedom of worship, even of public speech, would become a farce if interference became the order of the day.
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But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.
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There is no such thing as 'Gandhism', and I do not want to leave any sect after me.
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The truth can never be wrong, even if no one hears it.
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There being no absolute and universal standard of right, terrorism must be held to be wrong in every case.
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There is no god higher than truth.
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Mankind is one, seeing that all are equally subject to the moral law. All men are equal in God's eyes.