Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment.
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The good man is the friend of all living things.
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Every moment of my existence is dedicated to the winning of Swaraj by means of truth and nonviolence.
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Freedom battles are not fought without paying heavy prices.
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We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.
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Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.
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Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
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Boycott of foreign cloth through picketing may easily be violent; through the use of khadi it is most natural and absolutely nonviolent.
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Hinduism is a relentless pursuit after truth and if today it has become moribund, inactive, irresponsive to growth, it is because we are fatigued. As soon as the fatigue is over, Hinduism will burst forth upon the world with a brilliance perhaps never known before.
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Ahimsa calls for the strength and courage to suffer without retaliation, to receive blows without returning any.
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The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. ... Freedom and slavery are mental states. Therefore, the first thing to say to yourself: 'I shall no longer accept the role of a slave. I shall not obey orders as such but shall disobey them when they are in conflict with my conscience'.'
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To lose patience is to lose the battle.
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Appreciation of nonviolence means patient research and still more patient and difficult practice.
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A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
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There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
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I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.
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The earth has everything for all human needs, but nothing for his greed.
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If we want to impart education best suited to the needs of the villagers, we should take the vidyapith to the villages.
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The devotion of such titans of spirit as Lenin to an Ideal must bear fruit. The nobility of his selflessness will be an example through centuries to come, and his Ideal will reach perfection.
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The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.
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Nonviolence succeeds only when we have a real living faith in God.
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As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality. Man, for instance, cannot be untruthful, cruel or incontinent and claim to have God on his side.
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Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being.
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It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.