Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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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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If there ever is to be a republic of every village in India, then I claim verity for my picture in which the last is equal to the first or, in other words, no one is to be the first and none the last.
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The very essence of democracy is that every person represents all the varied interests which compose the nation.
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Men flocked to see it and ascended it as it was a novelty and of unique dimensions. It was the toy of the exhibition. So long as we are children we are attracted by toys, and the tower was a good demonstration of the fact that we are all children attracted by trinkets. That may be claimed to be the purpose served by the Eiffel Tower.
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To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior.
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I have always felt that the true text-book for the pupil is his teacher.
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A life without vows is like a ship without an anchor or like an edifice that is built on sand instead of a solid rock.
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Tolstoy's so-called inconsistencies were a sign of his development and his passionate regard for truth.
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Coal is not dear for the coal-miner who can use it there and then, nor is khadi dear for the villager who manufactures his own khadi.
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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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Possession of arms implies an element of fear, if not of cowardice.
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I believe in conversion of mankind, not its destruction.
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What barrier is there that love cannot break?
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Calling them devadasis we insult God Himself in the name of religion.
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Wildlife is decreasing in the jungles, but it is increasing in the towns.
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We are merely instruments of the Almighty's will and therefore ignorant of what helps us forward and what acts as an impediment. We must thus rest satisfied with the knowledge only of the means and if these are pure, we can fearlessly leave the end to take care of itself.
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For a non-violent person the whole world is one family. He will thus fear none, nor will others fear him.
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I am not likely to obtain the result flowing from the worship of God by laying myself prostrate before Satan.
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There is little that separates humans from other sentient beings - we all feel joy, we all deeply crave to be alive and to live freely, and we all share this planet together.
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Unless nonviolence of the strong is really developed among us, there should be no thought of civil disobedience for Swaraj, whether within the states or in British India.
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A man of prayer regards what are known as physical calamities as divine chastisement.
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Begin your day with prayer, and make it so soulful that it may remain with you until the evening.
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I well remember how the thoughts I had up to the time of my discharge from the jail on every occasion were modified immediately after discharge, and after getting first-hand information myself. Somehow or other the jail atmosphere does not allow you to have all the bearings in your mind.
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The method of satyagraha requires that the satyagrahi should never lose hope, so long as there is the slightest ground left for it.