Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Those who think religion has nothing to do with politics understand neither religion or politics... The things that will destroy us are: politics without principles, pleasures without conscience, knowledge without character, business without morality.
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Even the most despotic government cannot stand except for the consent of the governed.... Immediately the subject ceases to fear the despotic force, his power is gone.
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My austerities, fasting and prayers are, I know, of no value if I rely upon them for reforming me. My penance is the prayer of a bleeding heart for forgiveness for sins unwittingly committed.
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Let the Jews who claim to be the chosen race prove their title by choosing the way of non-violence for vindicating their position on earth. Every country is their home, including Palestine, not by aggression but by loving service.
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We cannot have real independence unless the people banish the touch-me-not spirit from their hearts.
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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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What crimes, for which we condemn the Government as satanic, have not we been guilty of towards our own untouchable brethren?
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Truth triumphs, even if there be no public support.
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Every labourer is worthy of his hire. No country can produce thousands of unpaid whole-time workers.
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We no longer have a choice between violence and non-violence. The choice of today stands between nonviolence or non-existence.
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What better book can there be than the book of humanity.
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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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Temple going is for the purification of the soul.
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I have known many meat eaters to be far more nonviolent than vegetarians.
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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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Peace between countries must rest on the solid foundation of love between individuals.
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Nothing in the Shastra, which is manifestly contrary to universal truths and morals, can stand.
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Active nonviolence is necessary for those who will offer civil disobedience but the will and proper training are enough for the people to co-operate with those who are chosen for civil disobedience.
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Woman is the embodiment of sacrifice and suffering and her advent to public life should, therefore, result in purifying it, in restraining unbridled ambition and accumulation of property.
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If you want something really important to be done you must not merely satisfy the reason, you must move the heart also.
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It is easier to bridge the oceans that lie between continents than it is to bridge the gap between individuals or the peoples.
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Man the law-giver will have to pay a dreadful penalty for the degradation he has imposed upon the so called weaker sex.
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It dawned upon me that fasting could be made as powerful a weapon of indulgence as of restraint.
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I learnt from Hussein how to achieve victory while being oppressed.