Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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I do believe that where there is a choice between cowardice and non-violence I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what he should have done, had he been present when I was almost fatally assaulted in 1908, whether he should have run away and seen me killed or whether he should have used his physical force which he could and wanted to use, and defended me, I told him that it was his duty to defend me even by using violence.
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Peace between countries must rest on the solid foundation of love between individuals.
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Truth, which is permanent, eludes the historian of events. Truth transcends history.
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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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A slave- holder, who has decided to abolish slavery, does not consult his slaves whether they desire freedom or not.
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Mere brave speech without action is letting off useless steam.
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Untouchability is a many-headed monster and forms, some of them so subtle as not to be easily detected.
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The human body is meant solely for service, never for indulgence.
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The renunciation of the Gita is the acid test of faith.
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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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Satyagraha, of which civil resistance is but a part, is to me the universal law of life.
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The notion of education through handicrafts rises from the contemplation of truth and love permeating life's activities.
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The whole existence of man is a ceaseless duel between the forces of life and death.
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Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well. There is nothing more potent than thought. Deed follows word and word follows thought. The word is the result of a mighty thought, and where the thought is mighty and pure the result is always mighty and pure.
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When a tiger changes his nature, Englishmen will change theirs.
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God is the hardest taskmaster I have known on this earth and He tries you through and through.
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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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'Physician, heal thyself' is more true in matters religious than mundane.
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Man will ever remain imperfect, and it will always be his part to try to be perfect.
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Not those who shout 'satyagraha', 'satyagraha' will do satyagraha, but those who will work 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 single act of one who would lead a life of purity should be in the nature of yajna.
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I will say that if there is anything like God Or Truth on earth, Hindu-Muslim unity is also possible.
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The man who coerces another not to eat fish commits more violence than he who eats it.