Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity.
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I hold it a blasphemy to say that the Creator resides in a temple from which a particular class of His devotees sharing faith in it are excluded.
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I still believe that man, not having been given the power of creation, does not posses the right of destroying the meanest creature that lives. The perogative of destruction belongs solely to the Creator of all that lives.
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My religion teaches me that I should, by my personal conduct, instill into the minds of those who might hold different views the conviction that cow killing is a sin.
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It is no religion to have for one's wife a girl who is fit only to sit in one's lap, it is the height of irreligion.
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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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The wise are unaffected either by death or life. These are but faces of the same coin.
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A person who is worried about the outcome of his work does not see his goal; he sees only his opposition and the obstacles before him.
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Satyagraha is a relentless search for truth and a determination to search truth.
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We want freedom for our country, but not at the expense or exploitation of others, not so as to degrade other countries.
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No sacrifice is worth the name unless it is a joy. Sacrifice and a long face go ill together. Sacrifice is 'making sacred'. He must be a poor specimen of humanity who is in need of sympathy for his sacrifice.
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The power of nonviolent resistance can only come from honest working of the constructive programme.
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The measure of a country's greatness should be based on how well it cares for its most vulnerable populations.
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Ahimsa is nothing if not a well-balanced, exquisite consideration for one's neighbour, and an idle man is wanting in that elementary consideration.
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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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I must rebel against the idea that millions of Indians, who were Hindus, the other day, changed their nationality on adopting Islam as their religion.
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The force of the spirit is ever progressive and endless. Its full expression makes it unconquerable in the world.
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An education which does not teach us to discriminate between good and bad, to assimilate the one and eschew the other, is a misnomer.
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There is no greater spellbinder of peace than the name of God.
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Nonviolence, applied to very large masses of mankind, is a new experiment in the history of the world.
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All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul.
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If I were asked to define the Hindu creed, I should simply say: search after Truth through non-violent means. Hinduism is a relentless pursuit after truth.
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Virtue lies in being absorbed in one's prayers in the presence of din and noise.
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Literacy in itself is no education.