Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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History supplied numerous instances to prove that brute force is as nothing before soul-force.
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If we import compulsion in matters of religion, there is no doubt that we shall be committing suicide.
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Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado or loneliness. It consists in daring to do the right thing and facing consequences whether it is in matters social, political or other. It consists in deeds not words.
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No sophistry, no jugglery in figures can explain away the evidence that the skeletons in many villages present to the naked eye.
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Just as a prayer may be merely a mechanical intonation as of a bird, so may a fast be a mere mechanical torture of the flesh.
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It is impossible that God, who is the God of Justice, could have made the distinctions that men observe today in the name of religion.
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The final goal of all religions is to realise the essential oneness.
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The only way love punishes in by suffering.
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It is claimed for satyagraha that it is a complete substitute for violence or war.
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I felt that God could be realized only through service. And service for me was the service of India, because it came to me without my seeking, because I had an aptitude for it.
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Whatever may be the pros and cons of going to the public theatre, it is a patent fact that it has undermined the morals and ruined the character of many a youth in his country.
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Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph: a beginning, a struggle, and a victory.
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A customer is the most important visitor on our premises, he is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him.
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The Bible is as much a book of religion with me as the Gita and the Koran.
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My freedom from hatred - I would even claim for myself individually, my love - for those who consider themselves to be my enemies, does not make me blind to their faults.
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In placing civil disobedience before constructive work I was wrong and I did not profit by the Himalayan blunder that I had committed.
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Birth-control through self-restraint is the most desirable, sensible and totally harmless method.
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Perfection is only an ideal for man; it cannot be attained, for man is made imperfect.
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There is no 'as far as possible' on the question of untouchability. If it is to go, it must go in its entirety from the temples as from everywhere else.
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Watches may disagree, but let us not.
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If you want to play your part in the world's affairs, you must refuse to deck yourselves for pleasing man.
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Modern civilization has taught us to convert night into day and golden silence into brazen din and noise.
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Death is at any time blessed but it is twice blessed for a warrior who dies for his cause, that is, truth.
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When a tiger changes his nature, Englishmen will change theirs.