Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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I know that Buddhism is to Hinduism what Protestantism is to Roman Catholicism, only in a much stronger light, to a much greater degree.
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There is no greater spellbinder of peace than the name of God.
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God comes to the hungry in the form of food.
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Conservation of national sanitation is Swaraj work and it may not be postponed for a single day on any consideration whatsoever.
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Nanda broke down every barrier and won his way to freedom not by brag, not by bluster, but by the purest form of self-suffering.
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It is not my purpose to attempt a real autobiography. I simply want to tell the story of my experiments with truth...as my life consists of nothing but those experiments.
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Ill-digested principles are, if anything, worse than ill-digested food, for the latter harms the body and there is cure for it, whereas the former ruins the soul and there is no cure for it.
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Only living things bring living joy to the soul and must elevate it.
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Remember there is always a limit to self-indulgence, none to restraint... Civilization , in the real sense of the term, consists not in the multiplication but in the deliberate and voluntary restriction of wants. This alone promotes real happiness and contentment , and increases the capacity for service.
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Truth should be the very breath of our life. When once this state in the pilgrim's progress is reached, all other rules of correct living will come without any effort, and obedience to them will be instinctive.
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History has no record of a nation having adopted nonviolent resistance.
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Once Jesus had blazed the trail, his twelve disciples could carry on his mission without his presence.
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When I see a cow, it is not an animal to eat, it is a poem of pity for me and I worship it and I shall defend its worship against the whole world.
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It is open to a war resister to judge between the combatants and wish success to the one who has justice on his side. By so judging he is more likely to bring peace between the two than by remaining a mere spectator.
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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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I believe in trusting. Trust begets trust. Suspicion is foetid and only stinks. He who trusts has never yet lost in the world.
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He who runs may see that opium and such other intoxicants and narcotics stupefy a man's soul and reduce him to a level lower than that of beasts.
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Tolstoy's so-called inconsistencies were a sign of his development and his passionate regard for truth.
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To a starving man, God can only appear in the form of bread.
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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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Untouchability, I hold, is a sin, if Bhagavadgita is one of our Divine Books.
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The control of the palate is a valuable aid for the control of the mind.
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The real property that a parent can transmit to all equally is his or her character and educational facilities.
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If anybody said that I should die if I did not take beef-tea or mutton, even under medical advice, I would prefer death.