Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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My purpose is to describe experiments in the science ofsatyagraha and not at all to describe how good I am.
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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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"All men are born equal and free" is not Nature's law in the literal sense.
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There is only one God for us all, whether we find him through the Koran, the Zend-Avesta, The Tolmud, or the Gita.
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To prevent the workers from going to their work by standing in front of them is pure violence and must be given up.
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The Enlightened one has told you in never-to-be-forgotten words that this little span of life is but a passing shadow, a fleeting thing.
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In a strictly scientific sense God is at the bottom of both good and evil.
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What is life worth without trials and tribulations which are the salt of life.
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India's freedom must revolutionize the world's outlook upon Peace and War.
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Openness of mind strengthens the truth in us and removes the dross from it, if there is any.
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You are no Satyagrahi if you remain silent or passive spectators while your enemy is being done to death.
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Mass civil disobedience is like an earthquake, a sort of general upheaval on the political plane.
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All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul.
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The voice of the people may be said to be God's voice, the voice of the Panchayat.
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A literal interpretation of the Gita lands one in a sea of contradictions.
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What is really needed to make democracy function is not knowledge of facts, but right education.
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The greatest menace to the world today is the growing, exploiting, irresponsible imperialism.
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You can only have lasting peace based on justice.
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Democracy, disciplined and enlightened, is the finest thing in the world.
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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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Nonviolence is not merely a personal virtue. It is also a social virtue to be cultivated like other virtues.
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It is impossible that God, who is the God of Justice, could have made the distinctions that men observe today in the name of religion.
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When we fear God, then we shall fear no man, however high-placed he may be.
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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.