Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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If we wish to create a lasting peace we must begin with the children.
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I claim to represent all the cultures, for my religion, whatever it may be called, demands the fulfillment of all the cultures.
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The cow can be saved only if buffalo-breeding is given up.
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It does not require money to be neat, clean and dignified.
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To a starving man, God can only appear in the form of bread.
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In an atmosphere of ahimsa, one has no scope to put his ahimsa to the test. It can be tested only in the face of himsa.
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Think of the poorest person you know and see if your next act will be of any use to him.
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Imitation is the sincerest flattery.
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The strength to kill is not essential for self-defense; one ought to have the strength to die. When a man is fully ready to die, he will not even desire to offer violence. Indeed, I may put it down as a self-evident proposition that the desire to kill is in inverse proportion to the desire to die. And history is replete with instances of men who by dying with courage and compassion on their lips converted the hearts of their violent opponents.
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Political power means the capacity to regulate national life through national representatives.
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You can't hurt me without my permission.
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No matter how insignificant the thing you have to do, do it as well as you can, give it as much of your care and attention as you would give to the thing you regard as most important. For it will be by those small things that you shall be judged.
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The British Government in India constitutes a struggle between modern civilization, which is the Kingdom of Satan, and the ancient civilization, which is the Kingdom of God.
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Let your life be your message.
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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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Waiting on God means increasing purity.
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A true Brahmachari will not even dream of satisfying the fleshly appetite.
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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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The prince and the peasant will not be equalized by cutting off the prince's head.
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It is impossible to wait and weigh, in golden scales, the sentiments of prejudice and superstition that have gathered round the priests who are considered to be the custodians of Hinduism.
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True ahimsa lay in running into the mouth of himsa.
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What you feel and how you react to something is always up to you. There may be a "normal" or a common way to react to different things. But that's mostly just all it is.
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Labour is priceless, not gold.
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I believe in conversion of mankind, not its destruction.