Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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... man was not born a carnivorous animal, but born to live on the fruits and herbs that the earth grows. I know we must all err. I would give up milk if I could, but I cannot. I have made that experiment times without number. I could not, after a serious illness, regain my strength, unless I went back to milk. That has been the tragedy of my life. But the basis of my vegetarianism is not physical, but moral. If anybody said that I should die if I did not take beef tea or mutton, even on medical advice, I would prefer death. That is the basis of my vegetarianism.
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The quest of Truth involves tapas-self-suffering-sometimes even unto death.
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It is difficult for me to regard anyone who obeys no moral principle in his conduct to be a religious man.
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I would risk violence a thousand times rather than risk the emasculation of the whole race.
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Indeed, a civil resister offers resistance only when peace becomes impossible.
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If we had the atom bomb, we would have used it against the British.
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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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India is essentially a karmabhumi (land of duty) in contradistinction to bhogabhumi (land of enjoyment).
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The only safe and honorable course for a self-respecting man is to do what I have decided to do, that is, to submit without protest to the penalty of disobedience ... not for want of respect for lawful authority, but in obedience to the higher law of our being, the voice of conscience.
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It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.
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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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The untouchability of Hinduism is probably worse than that of the modern imperialists.
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It needs more than a heart of oak to shed all fear except the fear of God.
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I learned from Hussain how to be wronged and be a winner, I learnt from Hussain how to attain victory while being oppressed.
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The Enlightened one has told you in never-to-be-forgotten words that this little span of life is but a passing shadow, a fleeting thing.
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Surely conversion is a matter between man and his Maker who alone knows his creatures' hearts. A conversion without a clean heart is, in my opinion, a denial of God and Religion. Conversion without cleanliness of heart can only be a matter of sorrow, not joy, to a godly person.
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Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something,it makes me incapable of doing it. When I believe I can,I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn’t have it in the beginning.
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Start changing yourself if you want to change the life around you.
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The only real and reliable guarantee for khadi would be honesty, truthfulness and sincerity of khadi workers.
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Government of the people by the people and for the people cannot be conducted at the bidding of one man, however great he may be.
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Without living Truth, God is nowhere.
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We must learn to be self-reliant and independent of schools, courts, protection and patronage of a Government we seek to end, if it will not mend.
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Ill-digested principles are, if anything, worse than ill-digested food, for the latter harms the body and there is cure for it, whereas the former ruins the soul and there is no cure for it.
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I do not regard killing or assassination or terrorism as good in any circumstances whatsoever.