Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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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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When we fear God, then we shall fear no man, however high-placed he may be.
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I am, and have been for years, a confirmed anti-vaccinationist...I have not the least doubt in my mind that vaccination is a filthy process that is harmful in the end.
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The human body is meant solely for service, never for indulgence.
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All of us with one voice call one God differently as Parmatma, Ishwara, Shiva, Vishnu, Rama, Allah, Khuda, Dada-Hormuzda, Jehova, God and an infinite variety of names.
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Religion is a thing to be lived. It is not merely sophistry.
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A country whose culture is based on nonviolence will find it necessary to have every home as much self-contained as possible.
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God is not outside this earthly case of ours.
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If you want something done, ask. If you want something done quickly, ask, and then begin counting down from ten with no explanation.
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This belief in God has to be based on faith which transcends reason.
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The scriptures of Christians, Mussalmans and Hindus are all replete with the teaching of ahimsa.
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God is the vital force or spirit which is all-pervading, all-embracing and, therefore, beyond human ken.
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Nonviolence cannot be learnt by staying at home.
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God rules even where Satan seems to hold sway, because the latter exists only on God's sufferance.
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The object of the Gita appears to me to be that of showing the most excellent way to attain self-realization.
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Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph: a beginning, a struggle, and a victory.
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True knowledge gives a moral standing and moral strength.
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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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The British power is the overlord without whom Indian princes cannot breathe.
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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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You will not pit one word of God against another word of God.
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Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. If we want the Arms Act to be repealed, if we want to learn the use of arms, here is a golden opportunity. If the middle classes render voluntary help to Government in the hour of its trial, distrust will disappear, and the ban on possessing arms will be withdrawn.
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Simplicity is the essence of universality.
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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.