Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Forces of nature act in a mysterious manner. We can but solve the mystery by deducing the unknown result from the known results of similar events.
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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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Democracy, disciplined and enlightened, is the finest thing in the world.
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Every home is a university and the parents are the teachers.
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The spirit of non-violence necessarily leads to humility. Non-violence means reliance on God, the rock of ages. If we would seek his aid, we must approach Him with a humble and contrite heart.
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A person who believes in nonviolence believes in a living God. He cannot accept defeat.
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If hand-spinning is an effective method of making India self-supporting, it must be made part of the franchise.
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Hatred is not essential for nationalism. Race hatred will kill the real national spirit.
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It is the best thing to blame ourselves when people cannot get on well with us. Boundless charity necessarily includes all or it ceases to be boundless. We must be strict with ourselves and lenient with our neighbors. For we know not their difficulties and what they overcome.
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Every living faith must have within itself the power of rejuvenation if it is to live.
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My life is dedicated to the service of Indians through the religion of nonviolence which I believe to be the root of Hinduism.
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I shall, of course, die with nonviolence on my lips.
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Hinduism dies if untouchability lives, and untouchability has to die if Hinduism is to live.
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There is no reason to believe that there is one law for families and another for nations.
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My religion has no geographical limits.
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A personal selfish prayer is bad whether made before an image or an unseen God.
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True beauty consists of purity of heart.
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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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If you do nothing there will be no results.
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The Britisher is the top dog and the Indian the underdog in his own country.
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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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The nation's non-co-operation is an invitation to the Government to co-operate with it on its own terms, as is every nation's right and every good government's duty.
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Even a believer in nonviolence has to say between two combatants which is less bad or whose cause is just.
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The sum total of karma is God.