Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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God can never be realized by one who is not pure of heart.
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Non-cooperation enables us to show that in everything that matters we can be independent of the Government.
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When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall... think of it, always.
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To kill these (rabid) dogs, in my opinion, amount to himsa, but I believe it to be inevitable if we are to escape much greater himsa.
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I regard the constituent assembly as the substitute ofsatyagraha. It is constructive satyagraha.
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'If I had power and could legislate, I should certainly stop all proselytizing. For Hindu households, the advent of a missionary has meant the disruption of the family, coming in the wake of change of dress, manners, language, food and drink.'
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The Bhagavadgita is a gospel of non-cooperation between the forces of darkness and those of light.
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Worship or prayer is not to be performed with the lips, but with the heart.
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Ahimsa and Truth are so intertwined that it is practically impossible to disentangle and separate them.
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Democracy demands patient instruction on it before legislation.
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I know that not only is Swaraj our birthright, but it is our sacred duty to win it.
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People become what they expect themselves to become.
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Purest religion is highest expediency. Many things are lawful but they are not all expedient.
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Civil disobedience presupposes willing obedience of our self-imposed rules, and without it civil disobedience would be a cruel joke.
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Hinduism is like the Ganga, pure and unsullied at its source but taking in its course the impurities in the way. Even like the Ganga it is beneficent in its total effect. It takes a provincial form in every province, but the inner substance is retained everywhere.
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The first condition of humaneness is a little humility and a little diffidence about the correctness of one's conduct and a little receptiveness.
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Mere brave speech without action is letting off useless steam.
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A free India will throw all her weight in favour of world disarmament and should herself be prepared to give a lead in this.
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I have always felt that the true text-book for the pupil is his teacher.
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The process of learning should be as far as possible a pleasurable one and not laborious.
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Ahimsa is one of the world's great principles, which no power on earth can wipe out.
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To reject the necessity of temples is to reject the necessity of God, religion and earthly existence.
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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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Economics that hurt the moral well-being of an individual or a nation are immoral and, therefore, sinful.