Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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The cry for peace will be a cry in the wilderness, so long as the spirit of nonviolence does not dominate millions of men and women.
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Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute. The spirit lies dormant in the brute, and he knows no law but that of physical might. The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher laws - to the strength of the spirit.
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Whatever one does cheerfully is good for health.
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The privilege of resisting or disobeying a particular law or order accrues only to him who gives willing and unswerving obedience to the laws laid down for him.
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I eat to live, to serve, and also, if it so happens, to enjoy, but I do not eat for the sake of enjoyment.
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There is no god higher than truth.
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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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Any act of injury done from self-interest, whether amounting to killing or not, is doubtless himsa.
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In the midst of death life persists.
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Every person, as every institution, and, above all, every religion is to be judged not by the amount of atrocities or the wrong committed but by the right conduct.
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A nation that is unfit to fight cannot, from experience, prove the virtue of not fighting.
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My knowledge of the letter of the Shastras is better, but of true religion they are able to give me but little.
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Belief in one God is the cornerstone of all religions.
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Deeds and seeds, take their own time to fructify.
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Where death without resistance or death after resistance is the only way, neither party should think of resorting to law-courts or help from the government.
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Everyone has faith in God though everyone does not know it. For everyone has faith in himself and that multiplied to the nth degree is God. The sum total of all that lives is God. We may not be God, but we are of God, even as a little drop of water is of the ocean.
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It is easier to bridge the oceans that lie between continents than it is to bridge the gap between individuals or the peoples.
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True knowledge gives a moral standing and moral strength.
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Life is greater than all art.
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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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Every reform means awakening. Once truly awakened, the nation will not be satisfied with reform only in one department of life.
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I have so much to accomplish today that I must meditate for two hours instead of one.
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My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love.
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The golden rule is to act fearlessly upon what one believes to be right.