Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Just as the body cannot exist without blood, so the soul needs the matchless and pure strength of faith.
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Nonviolence is not merely a personal virtue. It is also a social virtue to be cultivated like other virtues.
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My fight against untouchability is a fight against the impure in humanity.
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People cannot hurt you without your permission.
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In matters concerning religion, I consider myself not a child but an adult with 35 years of experience.
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Religion all the world over offeres God as the solace and comfort for all in agony.
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We stand on the threshold of a twilight-whether morning or evening we do not know. One is followed by the night, the other heralds the dawn.
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Labour has its unique place in a cultured human family.
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For a non-violent person the whole world is one family. He will thus fear none, nor will others fear him.
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A resolute and wise refusal to take part in festivities will be an incentive for introspection and self-purification.
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I have so much to accomplish today that I must meditate for two hours instead of one.
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There will have to be rigid and iron discipline before we achieve anything great and enduring, and that discipline will not come by mere academic argument and appeal to reason and logic. Discipline is learnt in the school of adversity.
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Now the man on duty used to be changed from time to time. Once one of these men, without giving me the slightest warning, without even asking me to leave the footpath, pushed and kicked me into the street. I was dismayed. Before I could question him as to his behaviour, Mr Coates, who happened to be passing the spot on horseback, hailed me and said: 'Gandhi, I have seen everything. I shall gladly be your witness in court if you proceed against the man. I am very sorry you have been so rudely assaulted.'
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The nation cannot be kept on the nonviolent path by violence.
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We believe as much in the purity of race as we think they do... We believe also that the white race of South Africa should be the predominating race.
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If we know how much passive violence we perpetrate against one another, we will understand why there is so much physical violence plaguing societies and the world.
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A satyagrahi, whilst he is ever ready to fight, must be equally eager for peace.
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Man the law-giver will have to pay a dreadful penalty for the degradation he has imposed upon the so called weaker sex.
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Truth without humility would be an arrogant caricature.
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My idea of society is that while we are born equal, meaning that we have a right to equal opportunity, all have not the same capacity.
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What is Truth? A difficult question; but I have solved it for myself by saying that it is what the "voice within" tells you. All that I can in true humility present to you is that Truth is not to be found by anybody who has not got an abundant sense of humility. If you would swim on the bosom of the ocean of Truth you must reduce yourself to zero.
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My nonviolence does recognize different species of violence, defensive and offensive.
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A teetotaler would regard it as his duty to associate with his drunkard brother for the purpose of weaning him from the evil habit.
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Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make, not only for our own happiness, but that of the world at large.