Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Lovers of Swaraj cannot rest till a solution is found which would allay Mussalman apprehensions and yet not endanger Swaraj.
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One must become as humble as the dust before he can discover truth.
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A straight fight in an equal battle takes some bravery, but braver is he who, knowing that he would have to sacrifice ninety-five as against five of the enemy, faces death.
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A man of prayer regards what are known as physical calamities as divine chastisement.
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A satyagrahi exhausts all other means before he resorts to satyagraha.
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To me I seem to be constantly growing. I must respond to varying conditions, yet remain changeless within.
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India must protect her primary industries even as a mother protects her children against the whole world without being hostile to it.
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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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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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Kashmir is the real test of secularism in India.
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It does not require money to be neat, clean and dignified.
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Perfection is only an ideal for man; it cannot be attained, for man is made imperfect.
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Love is no love which asks for a return.
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My quarrel with the advocates of contraceptives lies in their taking for granted that ordinary mortals cannot exercise self-control.
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Violent means will give violent swaraj. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.
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My method is conversion, not coercion, it is self-suffering, not the suffering of the tyrant. I know that method to be infallible.
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My errors have been errors of calculation and judging men, not in appreciating the true nature of truth and ahimsa or in their application.
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Religion is a thing to be lived. It is not merely sophistry.
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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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Swaraj can only be achieved through an all-round consciousness of the masses.
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To a hungry man, a piece of bread is the face of God.
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The final goal of all religions is to realise the essential oneness.
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Today, as it was 2,000 years ago, the Kingdom of God is within each of us. It is not within a church, a temple, a mosque or synagogue.
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A literal interpretation of the Gita lands one in a sea of contradictions.