Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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I believe in conversion of mankind, not its destruction.
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A true Brahmachari will not even dream of satisfying the fleshly appetite.
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The satyagrahi strives to reach reason through the heart. The method of reaching the heart is to awaken public opinion.
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Satyagraha is a law for universal application. Beginning with the family, its use can be extended to every other circle.
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I must not refrain from saying that India can gain more by waiving the right of punishment.
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A satyagrahi would neither retaliate nor would he submit to the criminal, but seek to cure him by curing himself.
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I have always felt that the true text-book for the pupil is his teacher.
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I should love to satisfy all, if I possibly can; but in trying to satisfy all, I may be able to satisfy none. I have, therefore, arrived at the conclusion that the best course is to satisfy one’s own conscience and leave the world to form its own judgment, favorable or otherwise.
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If you Christians acted more like your Christ, the world would be a better place.
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Faith is a function of the heart. It must be enforced by reason. The two are not antagonistic as some think. The more intense one's faith is, the more it whets one's reason. When faith becomes blind it dies.
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Non-co-operation is not a movement of drag, bluster or bluff.
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True art must be evidence of happiness, contentment and purity of its authors.
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It is not possible to make a person or society non-violent by compulsion.
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I shall, of course, die with nonviolence on my lips.
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To my mind, Swaraj based on nonviolence is the fulfillment of the constructive programme.
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Truth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time.
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I consider Western Christianity in its practical working a negation of Christ's Christianity.
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The Charkha in the hands of a poor widow brings a paltry price to her, in the hands of Jawaharlal; it is an instrument of India's freedom.
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Events that have happened during the past month have confirmed me in the opinion that the Imperial Government have acted in the Khilafat matter in an unscrupulous, immoral and unjust manner and have been moving from wrong to wrong in order to defend their immorality. I can retain neither respect nor affection for such a Government. The attitude of the Imperial and Your Excellency's Governments on the Punjab question has given me additional cause for grave dissatisfaction.
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The removal of untouchability is a question of the purification of Hinduism.
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Disobedience that is wholly civil should never provoke retaliation.
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No action which is not voluntary can be called moral.
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Active nonviolence is necessary for those who will offer civil disobedience but the will and proper training are enough for the people to co-operate with those who are chosen for civil disobedience.
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High thinking is inconsistent with a complicated material life based on high speed and imposed on us by mammon worship.