Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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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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The good man is the friend of all living things.
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Freedom battles are not fought without paying heavy prices.
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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 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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We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world of our body. If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. This is the divine mystery supreme. A wonderful thing it is and the source of our happiness. We need not wait to see what others do.
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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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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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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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A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
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For me the only certain means of knowing God is nonviolence, ahimsa, love.
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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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Non-co-operation is the nation's notice that it is no longer satisfied to be in tutelage.
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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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Hinduism insists on the brotherhood of not only all mankind but of all that lives.
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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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The earth has everything for all human needs, but nothing for his greed.
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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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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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Nonviolence succeeds only when we have a real living faith in God.
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There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.
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For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.