Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honour than that she should, in a cowardly manner, become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonour. But I believe that nonviolence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment.
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Our existence as embodied beings is purely momentary; what are a hundred years in eternity? But if we shatter the chains of egotism, and melt into the ocean of humanity, we share its dignity. To feel that we are something is to set up a barrier between God and ourselves; to cease feeling that we are something, is to become one with God.
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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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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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It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
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Man is the maker of his own destiny, and I therefore ask you to become makers of your own destiny.
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Nonviolence succeeds only when we have a real living faith in God.
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Non-co-operation is the nation's notice that it is no longer satisfied to be in tutelage.
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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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Even a little of dharma saves one from many a pitfall.
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The finite human being shall never know in its fullness Truth and Love which is itself infinite.
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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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Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment.
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A society organized and run on the basis of complete nonviolence would be the purest anarchy… That State is perfect and non-violent where the people are governed the least.
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When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.
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I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.
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Free, open love I have looked upon as dog's love. Secret love is, besides, cowardly.
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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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Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
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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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Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being.
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Though God may be Love, God is Truth above all.
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As long as the superstition that people should obey unjust laws exists, so long will slavery exist.
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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.