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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Indeed, a civil resister offers resistance only when peace becomes impossible.
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A nonviolent man cannot desire embarrassment.
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I want India to come into her own and that state cannot be better defined by any single word than Swaraj.
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The golden rule to apply in all such cases is resolutely to refuse to have what millions cannot.
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It is difficult to judge, when both sides are employing weapons of violence, which side 'deserves' to succeed.
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Events that have happened during the past month have confirmed me in the opinion that the Imperial Government have acted in the Khilafat matter in an unscrupulous, immoral and unjust manner and have been moving from wrong to wrong in order to defend their immorality. I can retain neither respect nor affection for such a Government. The attitude of the Imperial and Your Excellency's Governments on the Punjab question has given me additional cause for grave dissatisfaction.
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Wherever flaxseeds become a regular food item among the people, there will be better health.
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It is my great misfortune that I have to measure your love by the money gifts you give for Daridranarayana.
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I came to the conclusion long ago that all religions were true and that also that all had some error in them, and while I hold by my own religion, I should hold other religions as dear as Hinduism. So we can only pray, if we were Hindus, not that a Christian should become a Hindu; but our innermost prayer should be that a Hindu should become a better Hindu, a Muslim a better Muslim, and a Christian a better Christian.
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The strength to kill is not essential for self-defense; one ought to have the strength to die. When a man is fully ready to die, he will not even desire to offer violence. Indeed, I may put it down as a self-evident proposition that the desire to kill is in inverse proportion to the desire to die. And history is replete with instances of men who by dying with courage and compassion on their lips converted the hearts of their violent opponents.
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Every living faith must have within itself the power of rejuvenation if it is to live.
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The reaction that a ruthless dictator sets up in us either that of awe or pity according respectively as we react to him violently on nonviolently.
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The Bhagavad-Gita calls on humanity to dedicate body, mind and soul to pure duty and not to become mental voluptuaries at the mercy of random desires and undisciplined impulses.
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If you think the world is all wrong, remember that it contains people like you.
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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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I don't reject Christ. I love Christ. It's just that so many of you Christians are so unlike Christ.
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There goes my people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.
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The process of learning should be as far as possible a pleasurable one and not laborious.
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Those with the greatest awareness have the greatest nightmares.
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Forgive and forget, but never forget to forgive. You may find a happier heart is the key to a happier life.
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To bear all kinds of tortures without a murmur of resentment is not possible for a human being without the strength that comes from God.
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It is as much our obligation not to cooperate with evil as it is to cooperate with good.
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Ahimsa and Truth are so intertwined that it is practically impossible to disentangle and separate them.