Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world of our body. If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. This is the divine mystery supreme. A wonderful thing it is and the source of our happiness. We need not wait to see what others do.
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The earth has everything for all human needs, but nothing for his greed.
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It is not true that we shall necessarily progress if our political conditions undergo a change, irrespectively of the manner in which it is brought about. If the means employed are impure, the change will not be in the direction of progress but very likely in the opposite.
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God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.
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Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
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Nonviolence is not an easy thing to understand, still less to practice, weak as we are.
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Purification being highly infectious, purification of oneself necessarily leads to the purification of one's surroundings.
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Hinduism has sinned in giving sanction to untouchability.
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The science of war leads one to dictatorship, pure and simple. The science of non-violence alone can lead one to pure democracy. Power based on love is thousand times more effective and permanent than power derived from fear of punishment. It is a blasphemy to say non-violence can be practiced only by individuals and never by nations which are composed of individuals. The nearest approach to purest anarchy would be a democracy based on non-violence. A society organized and run on the basis of complete non-violence would be the purest anarchy.
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Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
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Non-co-operation is the nation's notice that it is no longer satisfied to be in tutelage.
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There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.
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It is better to allow our lives to speak for us than our words. God did not bear the cross only two thousand years ago. He bears it today, and he dies and is resurrected from day to day. It would be a poor comfort to the world if it had to depend on a historical God who died two thousand years ago. Do not, then, preach the God of history, but show him as he lives today through you.
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No two leaves were alike, and yet there is no antagonism between them or between the branches on which they grow.
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In India there is a common saying that the way to Swaraj is through Mandalay.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
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Free, open love I have looked upon as dog's love. Secret love is, besides, cowardly.
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Man is the maker of his own destiny, and I therefore ask you to become makers of your own destiny.
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A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
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The call of the spinning wheel is the noblest of all. Because it is the call of love. And love is Swaraj.
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A man, whilst he is dreaming, believes in his dream; he is undeceived only when he is awakened from his slumber.
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Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
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Whatever the ultimate fate of my country, my love for you remains, and will remain, undiminished. My non-violence demands universal love, and you are not a small part of it. It is that love which has prompted my appeal to you.