Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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The end is inherent in the means.
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Complete independence through truth and non-violence means the independence of every unit, be it the humblest of the nation, without distinction of race, colour or creed.
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No one can ride on the back of a man unless it is bent.
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A worker's capital is inexhaustible, incapable of being stolen, and bound to pay him a generous dividend all the time.
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I know that Buddhism is to Hinduism what Protestantism is to Roman Catholicism, only in a much stronger light, to a much greater degree.
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No nation being under another nation can accept gifts, and kick at the responsibility attached to those gifts, imposed by the conquering nation.
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Vehement writing, even if it is charged with truth, is no answer to violent action.
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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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You may think your actions are meaningless and that they won't help, but that is no excuse, you must still act.
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A government builds its prestige upon the apparently voluntary association of the governed.
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The whole world is like the human body with its various members. Pain in one member is felt in the whole body.
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Harijan service is a duty the caste Hindus owe to themselves.
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I cannot be subservient anywhere.
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Being dissatisfied and properly dissatisfied with the husk of Hinduism, you are in danger of losing even the kernel, life itself.
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God is omnipresent; even a pebble in the Narmada can represent Him and serve as an object of worship.
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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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A nonviolent occupation is that occupation which is fundamentally free from violence and which involves no exploitation or envy of others.
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If you must kill English officials, why not kill me instead?
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My austerities, fasting and prayers are, I know, of no value if I rely upon them for reforming me. My penance is the prayer of a bleeding heart for forgiveness for sins unwittingly committed.
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No effort is complete without prayer - without definite recognition that the best human endeavor is of no effect if it has not God's blessing behind it.
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The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular.
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We must widen the circle of our love till it embraces the whole village; the village in its turn must take into its fold the district, the district the province, and so on until the scope of our love becomes co-terminous with the world.
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We find the general work of mankind is being carried on from day to day by the mass of people acting in harmony as if by instinct. If they were instinctively violent, the world would end in no time.
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Non-cooperation is a nation's determination to improve.