Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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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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Religion is a thing to be lived. It is not merely sophistry.
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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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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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'Physician, heal thyself' is more true in matters religious than mundane.
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The Law is God. Anything attributed to Him is not a mere attribute. He is Truth, Love, Law and a million things that human ingenuity can name.
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Evil is, good or truth misplaced.
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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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No nation being under another nation can accept gifts, and kick at the responsibility attached to those gifts, imposed by the conquering nation.
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Birth-control through self-restraint is the most desirable, sensible and totally harmless method.
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A life without vows is like a ship without an anchor or like an edifice that is built on sand instead of a solid rock.
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The only way love punishes in by suffering.
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If everyone will try to understand the core of his own religion and adhere to it, and will not allow false teachers to dictate to him, there will be no room left for quarrelling.
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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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Untouchability of foreign cloth is as much a virtue with all of us as untouchability of the suppressed classes must be a sin with every devout Hindu.
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No effort is complete without prayer - without definite recognition that the best human endeavor is of no effect if it has not God's blessing behind it.
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There are as many different religions as there are individuals.
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A man of prayer regards what are known as physical calamities as divine chastisement.
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If we know how much passive violence we perpetrate against one another, we will understand why there is so much physical violence plaguing societies and the world.
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A government builds its prestige upon the apparently voluntary association of the governed.
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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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Before we can aspire to guide the destinies of India, we shall have to adopt the habit of fearlessness.
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Non-cooperation is a nation's determination to improve.
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I crave to die with my hand at the spinning wheel.