Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Literary education is of no value, if it is not able to build up a sound character.
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Before we can aspire to guide the destinies of India, we shall have to adopt the habit of fearlessness.
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One must become as humble as the dust before he can discover truth.
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No police or military in the world can protect people who are cowards.
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The most distinctive and largest contribution of Hinduism to India's culture is the doctrine of ahimsa.
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Final Satyagraha is inconceivable without an honorable peace between the several communities composing the Indian nation.
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An India prostrate at the feet of Europe can give no hope to humanity.
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I cannot be subservient anywhere.
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I must say that, beyond occasionally exposing me to laughter, my constitutional shyness has been no dis-advantage whatever. In fact I can see that, on the contrary, it has been all to my advantage.
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It dawned upon me that fasting could be made as powerful a weapon of indulgence as of restraint.
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I shall die, but I will not kill.
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Do you think I am superstitious? I am a super-atheist.
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A satyagrahi has always his minimum and it is this minimum that is wanted in connection with this struggle.
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It is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the scriptures of the world. If we are to respect others' religions as we would have them respect our own, a friendly study of the world's religions is a sacred duty.
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Prayer from the heart can achieve what nothing else can in the world.
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Evolution of democracy is not possible if we are not prepared to hear the other side.
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A nonviolent man cannot desire embarrassment.
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We cannot have real independence unless the people banish the touch-me-not spirit from their hearts.
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The Charkha is the symbol of sacrifice, and sacrifice is essential for the establishment of the image of the deity.
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Armed conspiracies against something satanic is like matching Satans against Satan.
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It is difficult for me to regard anyone who obeys no moral principle in his conduct to be a religious man.
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Let us give today first the vital things of life and all the grace and ornaments of life will follow.
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Surely conversion is a matter between man and his Maker who alone knows his creatures' hearts. A conversion without a clean heart is, in my opinion, a denial of God and Religion. Conversion without cleanliness of heart can only be a matter of sorrow, not joy, to a godly person.
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The nation's non-co-operation is an invitation to the Government to co-operate with it on its own terms, as is every nation's right and every good government's duty.