Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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That atomic energy though harnessed by American scientists and army men for destructive purposes may be utilised by other scientists for humanitarian purposes is undoubtedly within the realm of possibility. ... An incendiary uses fire for his destructive and nefarious purpose, a housewife makes daily use of it in preparing nourishing food for mankind.
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If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my personal affair. The state has nothing to do with it. The state would look after your secular welfare, health, communications, foreign relations, currency and so on, but not your or my religion. That is everybody's personal concern!
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I cannot be subservient anywhere.
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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 man loses his freedom except through his own weakness.
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Non-cooperation is a nation's determination to improve.
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The truth is that God is the force. He is the essence of life. He is pure and undefiled consciousness. He is eternal.
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Prayer from the heart can achieve what nothing else can in the world.
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All truths, not merely ideas, but truthful faces, truthful pictures or songs, are highly beautiful.
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Nonviolence is not a weapon of the weak. It is a weapon of the strongest and bravest.
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Now the man on duty used to be changed from time to time. Once one of these men, without giving me the slightest warning, without even asking me to leave the footpath, pushed and kicked me into the street. I was dismayed. Before I could question him as to his behaviour, Mr Coates, who happened to be passing the spot on horseback, hailed me and said: 'Gandhi, I have seen everything. I shall gladly be your witness in court if you proceed against the man. I am very sorry you have been so rudely assaulted.'
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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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Happiness eludes us if we run after it.
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Devotion required by the Gita is no soft-hearted effusiveness.
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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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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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Work without faith is like an attempt to reach the bottom of a bottomless pit.
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A nonviolent warrior knows no leaving the battle. He rushes into the mouth of himsa, never even once harbouring an evil thought.
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The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular.
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The man of prayer will be at peace with himself and with the whole world.
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All religions were, at bottom, one, though they differed in detail and outward form like the leaves on a tree.
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Everything that we do is insignificant...and...it is very important that we do it!
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If it had not been for the Christians that I have known I might have been a Christian.
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No police or military in the world can protect people who are cowards.