Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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What is imprisonment to the man who is fearless of death itself?
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Does not the history of the world show that there would have been no romance in life if there had been no risks?
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My nonviolence is made of stern stuff. It is firmer than the firmest metal known to scientists.
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The singular secret of khaddar lies in its saleability in the place of its production and use by the manufacturers themselves.
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When we fear God, then we shall fear no man, however high-placed he may be.
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Every living faith must have within itself the power of rejuvenation if it is to live.
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In the secret of my heart I am in perpetual quarrel with God that He should allow such things [as the war] to go on. My non-violence seems almost impotent. But the answer comes at the end of the daily quarrel that neither God nor non-violence is impotent. Impotence is in men. I must try on without losing faith even though I may break in the attempt.
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It is very significant that some of the most thoughtful and cultured men are partisans of a pure vegetable diet.
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It is a tragedy of the first magnitude that millions of people have ceased to use their hands as hands. Nature has bestowed upon us this great gift which is our hands. If the craze for machinery method continues, it is highly likely that a time will come when we shall be so incapacitated and weak that we shall begin to curse ourselves for having forgotten the use of the living machines given to us by God.
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A man of faith will remain steadfast to truth even though the whole world might appear to be enveloped in falsehood.
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A fear-stricken person can never know God, and one who knows God will never fear a mortal man.
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Do not concentrate on showing the misdeeds of the government, for we have to convert and befriend those who run it.
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I do regard spinning and weaving as a necessary part of any national system of education.
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A democrat should not rely upon the force of the arms his state could flaunt in the face of the world, but on the moral force his state could put at the disposal of the world.
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I do believe that ideas ripen quickly when nourished by the blood of martyrs.
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Men are good. But they are poor victims making themselves miserable under the false belief that they are doing good.
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You cannot build nonviolence on a factory civilization, but it can be built on self-contained villages.
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It is weakness which breeds fear, and fear breeds distrust.
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Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is endlessly bountiful. Just put forth a clear enough request, and everything your heart desires must come to you.
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It is difficult to judge, when both sides are employing weapons of violence, which side 'deserves' to succeed.
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Touch-me-notism that disfigures the present day Hinduism is a morbid growth.
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I do not want to live at the cost of the life even of a snake. I should let him bite me to death rather than kill him.
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Religion is not what is grasped by the brain, but a heart grasp.
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Old as I am in age, I have no feeling that I have ceased to grow inwardly or that my growth will stop at the dissolution of the flesh. What I am concerned with is my readiness to obey the call of Truth, my God, from moment to moment, no matter how inconsistent it may appear. My commitment is to Truth, not to consistency.