Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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The British power is the overlord without whom Indian princes cannot breathe.
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A genuine satyagraha should never excite contempt in the opponent even when it fails to command regard or respect.
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Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my hardest to become a saint.
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God is not outside this earthly case of ours.
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It was our love of foreign cloth that ousted the wheel from its position of dignity.
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I know that not only is Swaraj our birthright, but it is our sacred duty to win it.
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If God gives me the privilege of dying for the Hinduism of my conception, I shall have sufficiently died for the unity of all and even for Swaraj.
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Every Hindu boy and girl should possess sound Samskrit learning.
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Religion all the world over offeres God as the solace and comfort for all in agony.
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A civilization based on nonviolence must be different from that organized for violence.
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Some form of common worship and a common place of worship appear to be a human necessity.
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My nonviolence is made of stern stuff. It is firmer than the firmest metal known to scientists.
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All big things are made up of trifles. My entire life has been built on trifles.
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Seeing God face to face is to feel that He is enthroned in our hearts even as a child feels a mother's affection without needing any demonstration.
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The privilege of resisting or disobeying a particular law or order accrues only to him who gives willing and unswerving obedience to the laws laid down for him.
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The essence of true religious teaching is that one should serve and befriend all.
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Solitude is a catalyst for innovation.
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Man believes and lives.
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A democratic organization has to dare to do the right at all costs.
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This earthly existence of ours is more brittle that the glass bangles that ladies wear.
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The truth is that God is the force. He is the essence of life. He is pure and undefiled consciousness. He is eternal.
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Men are good. But they are poor victims making themselves miserable under the false belief that they are doing good.
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You cannot build nonviolence on a factory civilization, but it can be built on self-contained villages.
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Whatever one does cheerfully is good for health.