Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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The renunciation of the Gita is the acid test of faith.
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A straight fight in an equal battle takes some bravery, but braver is he who, knowing that he would have to sacrifice ninety-five as against five of the enemy, faces death.
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Swaraj will favour Hinduism no more than Islam, nor Islam more than Hinduism.
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India will not be a helpless partner in her own exploitation and foreign domination.
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That which impels man to do the right thing is God.
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Cow-slaughter and man-slaughter are in my opinion two sides of the same coin.
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In a true democracy of India, the unit is the village.
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Ahimsa is not a matter of mere dietetics: it transcends it.
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The very first step in nonviolence is that we cultivate in our daily life, as between ourselves, truthfulness, humility, tolerance, loving kindness.
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My satyagrahi spirit tells me that I may not retaliate.
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For me there is a vital connection between the Bihar calamity and the untouchability campaign.
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The English have taught us that we were not one nation before and that it will reaquire centuries before we become one nation. This is without foundation. We were one nation before they came to India. One thought inspired us. Our mode of life was the same. It was because we were one nation that they were able to establish one kingdom.
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Nothing is so aggravating as calmness.
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As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it.
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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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The principle of majority does not work when differences on fundamentals are involved.
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Modern civilization has taught us to convert night into day and golden silence into brazen din and noise.
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Passive resistance is a method of securing rights by personal suffering; it is the reverse of resistance by arms.
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Disobedience to be civil has to be open and nonviolent.
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The platform of services is as big as the world. It is never overcrowded.
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It hurts me to think that people in their rush for everything modern despise all their ancient traditions and ignore them in their lives.
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Permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence.
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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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My fast is, among other things, meant to qualify me for achieving that equal and selfless love.