Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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A democratic organization has to dare to do the right at all costs.
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An India prostrate at the feet of Europe can give no hope to humanity.
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It is a tragedy that religion for us means, today, nothing more than restrictions on food and drink, nothing more than adherence to absence of superiority and inferiority.
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India must protect her primary industries even as a mother protects her children against the whole world without being hostile to it.
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We are the makers of our own state and...individuals who realize the fact need not, ought not, to wait for collective action.
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At times, non-cooperation becomes as much a duty as cooperation.
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One must become as humble as the dust before he can discover truth.
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India's freedom must revolutionize the world's outlook upon Peace and War.
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Be truthful, gentle, and fearless.
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The nation cannot be kept on the nonviolent path by violence.
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Truth, which is permanent, eludes the historian of events. Truth transcends history.
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We want freedom for our country, but not at the expense or exploitation of others, not so as to degrade other countries.
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Many an individual has turned from the mean, personal, acquisitive point of view to one that sees society as a whole and works for its benefit. If there has been such a change in one person, there can be the same change in many.
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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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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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Khaddar brings a ray of hope to the widow's broken-up home.
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The world easily finds an honourable place for the magician who produces new and dazzling things.
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A fearless woman who knows that her purity is her best shield can never be dishonoured.
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I believe that cunning is not only morally wrong but also politically expedient, and have therefore always discountenanced its use even from the practical standpoint.
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Ahimsa is an attribute of the brave. Cowardice and ahimsa don't go together any more that water and fire.
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A man of prayer regards what are known as physical calamities as divine chastisement.
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Jesus was the most active resister known to history. His was nonviolence par excellence.
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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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We cannot have real independence unless the people banish the touch-me-not spirit from their hearts.