Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Courtesy towards opponents and eagerness to understand their view-point is the ABC of non-violence.
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Dharma is one and one only. Ahimsa means moksha, and moksha is the realization of Truth.
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The states can make the finest contribution to the building of India's future independence if they set the right example in their own territories.
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Democracy, disciplined and enlightened, is the finest thing in the world.
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I have found that life persists in the midst of destruction and, therefore, there must be a higher law than that of destruction. Only under that law would a well-ordered society be intelligible and life worth living.
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Woman is more fitted than man to make explorations and take bolder action in ahimsa.
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To give one's heart is to give all.
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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 meaning of prayer is that I want to evoke that Divinity within me.
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Even the most despotic government cannot stand except for the consent of the governed.... Immediately the subject ceases to fear the despotic force, his power is gone.
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The only way Hinduism can convert the whole world to cow-protection is by giving an object-lesson in cow-protection and all it means.
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What is really needed to make democracy function is not knowledge of facts, but right education.
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All of us with one voice call one God differently as Parmatma, Ishwara, Shiva, Vishnu, Rama, Allah, Khuda, Dada-Hormuzda, Jehova, God and an infinite variety of names.
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Do not believe in telling people of one's faith, especially with a view to conversion. Faith must be lived, and when it is, it becomes self-propagating.
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The path is the goal.
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The Bhagavad-Gita calls on humanity to dedicate body, mind and soul to pure duty and not to become mental voluptuaries at the mercy of random desires and undisciplined impulses.
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The patriotic spirit demands loyal and strict adherence to nonviolence and truth.
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To fail to do good is as bad as doing harm.
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The Muslim is as much an Indian as I am and of the same blood.
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Now the man on duty used to be changed from time to time. Once one of these men, without giving me the slightest warning, without even asking me to leave the footpath, pushed and kicked me into the street. I was dismayed. Before I could question him as to his behaviour, Mr Coates, who happened to be passing the spot on horseback, hailed me and said: 'Gandhi, I have seen everything. I shall gladly be your witness in court if you proceed against the man. I am very sorry you have been so rudely assaulted.'
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I will suffer the agony if that is to be my lot.
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Nothing can be more hurtful to an honourable man than that he should be accused of bad faith.
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Truth is like a vast tree which yields more and more fruit the more you nurture it. The deeper the search in the mind of truth, the richer the discovery of the gems buried there.
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Human society is a ceaseless growth, and unfoldment in terms of spirituality.