Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Such expression is impossible in a cramped atmosphere. As I have no desire to offer civil disobedience I cannot write freely. As the author of satyagraha I cannot, consistently with my profession, suppress the vital part of myself for the sake of being able to write on permissible subjects. ... It would be like dealing with the trunk without the head.
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Not violence, nor untruth but non-violence and Truth are the laws of our being.
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All truths, not merely ideas, but truthful faces, truthful pictures or songs, are highly beautiful.
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The scriptures of Christians, Mussalmans and Hindus are all replete with the teaching of ahimsa.
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Let us give today first the vital things of life and all the grace and ornaments of life will follow.
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Hatred ever kills, love never dies. Such is the vast difference between the two. What is obtained by love is retained for all time. What is obtained by hatred proves a burden in reality for it increases hatred." - by Mohandas K. Gandhi -
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The greatness of a person lies in his heart, not in his head; that is intellect.
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Hinduism would not have been much of a religion if Rama had not steeled his heart against every temptation.
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Let us learn from the English rulers the simple fact that the oppressors are blind to the enormity of their own misdeeds.
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The whole world is in the throes of a new birth. Anything done for a temporary gain would be tantamount to an abortion.
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The early Mussalmans accepted Islam not because they knew it to be revealed but because it appealed to their virgin reason.
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One thing we have endeavoured to observe most scrupulously, namely, never to depart from the strictest facts and, in dealing with the difficult questions that have arisen during the year, we hope that we have used the utmost moderation possible under the circumstances.
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God has enabled man to distinguish between his sister, his mother, his daughter and his wife.
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A person who believes in nonviolence believes in a living God. He cannot accept defeat.
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Ahimsa is one of the world's great principles, which no power on earth can wipe out.
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It hurts me to think that people in their rush for everything modern despise all their ancient traditions and ignore them in their lives.
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The rich cannot accumulate wealth without the co-operation of the poor in society.
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I hold that the world is sick of armed rebellions.
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Mass civil disobedience is like an earthquake, a sort of general upheaval on the political plane.
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If Hinduism teaches hatred of Islam or of non-Hindus, it is doomed to destruction.
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We, the English educated Indians, often unconsciously make the terrible mistake of thinking that the microscopic minority of the English-speaking Indians is the whole of India.
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Basic education links the children, whether of the cities or the villages, to all that is best and lasting in India.
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As long as you are trying your very best, there can be no question of failure.
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Watches may disagree, but let us not.