Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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A true life lived amongst the people is in itself an object-lesson that must produce its own effect upon immediate surroundings.
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Men flocked to see it and ascended it as it was a novelty and of unique dimensions. It was the toy of the exhibition. So long as we are children we are attracted by toys, and the tower was a good demonstration of the fact that we are all children attracted by trinkets. That may be claimed to be the purpose served by the Eiffel Tower.
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Tolerance is the only thing that will enable persons belonging to different religions to live as good neighbours and friends.
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Non-violent resistance implies the very opposite of weakness. Defiance combined with non-retaliatory acceptance of repression from one's opponents is active, not passive. It requires strength, and there is nothing automatic or intuitive about the resoluteness required for using non-violent methods in political struggle and the quest for Truth.
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I know that man who forsakes Truth can forsake his country and his nearest and dearest ones.
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Happiness, the goal to which we all are striving is reached by endeavoring to make the lives of others happy, and if by renouncing the luxuries of life we can lighten the burdens of others.... surely the simplification of our wants is a thing greatly to be desired! And so, if instead of supposing that we must become hermits and dwellers in caves in order to practice simplicity, we set about simplifying our affairs, each according to his own convictions and opportunity, much good will result and the simple life will at once be established.
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To bear all kinds of tortures without a murmur of resentment is not possible for a human being without the strength that comes from God.
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Possession of arms implies an element of fear, if not of cowardice.
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Contraceptive methods are like putting a premium on vice. It makes men and women reckless... As it is, man has sufficiently degraded woman for his lust, and [contraception] , no matter how well meaning the advocates may be, will still further degrade her.
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My respectful study of other religions has not abated my reverence for or my faith in the Hindu scriptures.
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Work without faith is like an attempt to reach the bottom of a bottomless pit.
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Hinduism loses its right to make a universal appeal if it closes its temples to Harijans.
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A nonviolent warrior knows no leaving the battle. He rushes into the mouth of himsa, never even once harbouring an evil thought.
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Don't talk about it. The rose doesn't have to propagate its perfume. It just gives it forth, and people are drawn to it. Live it, and people will come to see the source of your power.
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Lovers of Swaraj cannot rest till a solution is found which would allay Mussalman apprehensions and yet not endanger Swaraj.
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A free India will throw all her weight in favour of world disarmament and should herself be prepared to give a lead in this.
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Imperialism is a negation of God. It does ungodly acts in the name of God.
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Woman is the embodiment of sacrifice and suffering and her advent to public life should, therefore, result in purifying it, in restraining unbridled ambition and accumulation of property.
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I learnt the lesson on nonviolence from my wife, when I tried to bend her to my will. Her determined resistance to my will on the one hand, and her quiet submission to the suffering my stupidity involved on the other, ultimately made me ashamed of myself and cured me of my stupidity in thinking that I was born to rule over her.
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Forgive and forget, but never forget to forgive. You may find a happier heart is the key to a happier life.
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It does not require money to be neat, clean and dignified.
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Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.
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A nonviolent system of government is clearly an impossibility so long as the wide gulf between the rich and the hungry millions persists.
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My commitment is to truth not consistency.