Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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If we have listening ears, God speaks to us in our own language, whatever that language be.
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Ahimsa is not a matter of mere dietetics: it transcends it.
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Love and exclusive possession can never go together.
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My satyagrahi spirit tells me that I may not retaliate.
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Mass civil disobedience was for the attainment of independence.
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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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One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.
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A Swaraj government means a government established by the free joint will of Hindus, Mussalmans and others.
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"All men are born equal and free" is not Nature's law in the literal sense.
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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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In the characteristics of the perfected man of the Gita, I do not see any to correspond to physical warfare.
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If we wish to create a lasting peace we must begin with the children.
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A slave has not the freedom even to do the right thing.
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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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True ahimsa lay in running into the mouth of himsa.
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If there ever could be a justifiable war in the name of and for humanity, a war against Germany, to prevent the wanton persecution of a whole race, would be completely justified. But I do not believe in any war. A discussion of the pros and cons of such a war is therefore outside my horizon or province.
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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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I find that we are all such sinners that it is better to leave the judging to God.
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The pilgrimage to Swaraj is a painful climb.
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Labour is priceless, not gold.
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War with all its glorification of brute force is essentially a degrading thing.
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Even the most despotic government cannot stand except for the consent of the governed.... Immediately the subject ceases to fear the despotic force, his power is gone.
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Men like me feel that untouchability is no integral part of Hinduism, it is an excrescence.
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We are merely instruments of the Almighty's will and therefore ignorant of what helps us forward and what acts as an impediment. We must thus rest satisfied with the knowledge only of the means and if these are pure, we can fearlessly leave the end to take care of itself.