Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.
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There is not a moment when I do not feel the presence of a Witness whose eye misses nothing and with whom I strive to keep in tune.
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Non-cooperation enables us to show that in everything that matters we can be independent of the Government.
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We no longer have a choice between violence and non-violence. The choice of today stands between nonviolence or non-existence.
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Labour is a great leveler of all distinctions.
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I own no property and yet I feel that I am perhaps the richest man in the world.
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The world is touched by sacrifice. It does not then discriminate about the merits of a cause. No so God - He is all seeing. He insists on the purity of the cause and on adequate sacrifice thereof.
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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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My love of the British is equal to that of my own people.
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The pure love of one soul can offset the hatred of millions.
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A satyagrahi has no other stay but God, and he who has any other stay or depends on any other help cannot offer satyagraha.
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Vehement writing, even if it is charged with truth, is no answer to violent action.
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Hinduism is not a codified religion.
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Why, of all places in Johannesburg, the Indian location should be chosen for dumping down all kaffirs of the town, passes my comprehension. Of course, under my suggestion, the Town Council must withdraw the Kaffirs from the Location. About this mixing of the Kaffirs with the Indians I must confess I feel most strongly. I think it is very unfair to the Indian population, and it is an undue tax on even the proverbial patience of my countrymen.
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I would far rather that India perished than that she won Her freedom at the sacrifice of truth.
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Unity among the different races and the different religions of India is indispensable to the birth of national life.
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I find a solace a in the Bhagavadgita and Upanishads that I miss even in the Sermon on the Mount.
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The woman has circumvented man in a variety of ways in her unconsciously subtle ways, as the man has vainly and equally consciously struggled to thwart the woman in gaining ascendancy over him.
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Swaraj means even under dominion status a capacity to declare independence at will.
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In the case of the Indian villager, an age-old culture is hidden under entrustment of crudeness.
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Those with the greatest awareness have the greatest nightmares.
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The law of love could be best understood and learned through little children.
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Hesitating to act because the whole vision might not be achieved, or because others do not yet share it, is an attitude that only hinders progress.
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I have always felt that the true text-book for the pupil is his teacher.