Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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We notice that the mind is a restless bird; the more it gets the more it wants, and still remains unsatisfied. The more we indulge our passions the more unbridled they become. Our ancestors, therefore, set a limit to our indulgences. They saw that happiness was largely a mental condition. A man is not necessarily happy because he is rich, or unhappy because he is poor.... Millions will always remain poor.
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Truth should so humble that even dust could crush it.
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Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
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God's grace and revelation are the monopoly of no race or nation.
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Even a little of dharma saves one from many a pitfall.
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My uniform experience has convinced me that there is no other God than Truth.
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For me the only certain means of knowing God is nonviolence, ahimsa, love.
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If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
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It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.
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True ahimsa should wear a smile even on a deathbed brought about by an assailant. It is only with that ahimsa that we can befriend our opponents and win their love.
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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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The Charkha, which is the embodiment of willing obedience and calm persistence, must therefore succeed before there is civil disobedience.
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All the four stages in a man's life are devised by the seers in Hinduism for imposing discipline and self-restraint.
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To lose patience is to lose the battle.
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Real Swaraj will come, not by the acquisition of authority by a few, but by the acquisition of the capacity by all to resist authority when it is abused. In other words, Swaraj is to be attained by educating the masses to a sense of their capacity to regulate and control authority.
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My ambition is much higher than independence. Through the deliverance of India, I seek to deliver the so-called weaker races of the Earth from the crushing heels of Western exploitation in which England is the greatest partner.
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But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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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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I understand democracy as something that gives the weak the same chance as the strong.
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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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It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us. This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good heart whatever they might have to say.
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The message of Jesus has proved ineffective because the environment was unready to receive it.
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Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.