Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Dharma is that which is enjoined by the holy books, followed by the sages, interpreted by the learned and which appeals to the heart.
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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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The sanyasa of the Gita will not tolerate complete cessation of activity.
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I can not give you the reference of Ram Chandar or Krishna, because they were not historical figures. I can not help it but to present to you the names of (Hazrat) Abu Bakar (RA) and (Hazrat) Umar Farooq (RA). They were leaders of a vast Empire, yet they lived a life of austerity.
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Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.
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The truth can never be wrong, even if no one hears it.
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For my own part, I do not want the freedom of India if it means extinction of English or the disappearance of Englishmen.
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A country that is governed by its national army can never be morally free and, therefore, its so-called weakest member can never rise to his full moral height.
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Swaraj is our birthright. No one can deprive us of it unless we forfeit it ourselves.
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I am not built for academic writings. Action is my domain.
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Whenever I see an erring man, I say to myself I have also erred; when I see a lustful man I say to myself, so was I once; and in this way I feel kinship with everyone in the world and feel that I cannot be happy without the humblest of us being happy.
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What may appear as truth to one person will often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry the seeker. When there is honest effort, it will be realised that what appears to be different truths are like apparently different countless leaves of the same tree.
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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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Nothing in the Shastra, which is manifestly contrary to universal truths and morals, can stand.
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If I seem to take part in politics, it is only because politics encircles us today like the coil of a snake from which one cannot get out, no matter how much one tries. I wish therefore to wrestle with the snake.
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I believe that the yarn we spin is capable of mending the broken warp and woof of our life!
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Apparently, I've acted like a terrorist. But I'm not a terrorist.
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Of all the animal creations of God, main is the only animal who has been created in order that he may know his Maker. Man's aim is life is not therefore to add from day to day to his material prospects and to his material possessions, but his predominant calling is, from day to day to come nearer to his own Maker.
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There are no good-byes, where ever you'll be, you'll be in my heart.
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I am, and have been for years, a confirmed anti-vaccinationist...I have not the least doubt in my mind that vaccination is a filthy process that is harmful in the end.
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Mass illiteracy is India's sin and shame and must be liquidated.
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I have no weapon but nonviolence.
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I do not believe that the spiritual law works on a field of its own. On the contrary, it expresses itself only through the ordinary activities of life. It thus affects the economic, the social and the political fields.
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I believe in the essential unity of all that lives. Therefore, I believe that if one person gains spiritually, the whole world gains, and that if one person falls, the whole world falls to that extent.