Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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A nonviolent occupation is that occupation which is fundamentally free from violence and which involves no exploitation or envy of others.
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Swaraj, without any qualifying clause, includes that which is better than the best one can conceive or have today.
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I believe that the civilization India evolved is not to be beaten in the world. Nothing can equal the seeds sown by our ancestors, Rome went, Greece shared the same fate; the might of the Pharaohs was broken; Japan has become Westernized; of China nothing can be said; but India is still, somehow or other, sound at the foundation.
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All the great religions of the world inculcate equality and brotherhood of mankind and the virtue of toleration.
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Love is the subtlest force in the world.
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I cannot be subservient anywhere.
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Unrestricted individualism is the law of the beast of the jungle.
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Every home is a university and the parents are the teachers.
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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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Not those who shout 'satyagraha', 'satyagraha' will do satyagraha, but those who will work for it.
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Himsa does not need to be taught, Man as animal is violent, but as spirit is nonviolent.
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Worship or prayer is not to be performed with the lips, but with the heart.
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Human language can but imperfectly describe God's ways.
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Rama was not only on the lips of Hanuman. He was enthroned in his heart. He gave Hanuman exhaustless strength.
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God is omnipresent; even a pebble in the Narmada can represent Him and serve as an object of worship.
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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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If blood be shed, let it be our own. Let us cultivate the calm courage to die without killing.
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Non-cooperation is a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for the opposite views.
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All truths, not merely ideas, but truthful faces, truthful pictures or songs, are highly beautiful.
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Literary education is of no value, if it is not able to build up a sound character.
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A nonviolent man cannot desire embarrassment.
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Ahimsa and Truth are so intertwined that it is practically impossible to disentangle and separate them.
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Belief in one God is the cornerstone of all religions.
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One must become as humble as the dust before he can discover truth.