Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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I know nothing of the science of astrology and I consider it to be a science, if it is a science, of doubtful value, to be severely left alone by those who have any faith in Providence.
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The highest truth needs no communicating, for it is by its very nature self-propelling. It radiates its influence silently as the rose its fragrance without the intervention of a medium.
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We must learn to be self-reliant and independent of schools, courts, protection and patronage of a Government we seek to end, if it will not mend.
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By spiritual training I mean education of the heart.
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The only difference between man and man all the world over is one of degree, and not of kind, even as there is between trees of the same species. Where in is the cause for anger, envy or discrimination?
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Civil disobedience means capacity for unlimited suffering, without the intoxicating excitement of killing.
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I want for India complete independence in the full English sense of that English term.
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As the means, so the end.
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Every calamity should lead to a thorough cleansing of individual as well as social life.
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The Gita is not an aphoristic work, it is a great religious poem.
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The Gita has become for me the key to the scriptures of the world.
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The truest test of a democracy is in the ability of anyone to act as he likes, so long as he does not injure the life or property of anyone else.
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We must be the world we want to create.
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It is a sad thing that our schoolboys look upon manual labour with disfavour, if not contempt.
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I know that man who forsakes Truth can forsake his country and his nearest and dearest ones.
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An awakened people who rely upon their nonviolent strength are independent in the face of any conceivable combination of the armed powers.
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The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher law, to the strength of the spirit.
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Art to be art must soothe.
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The beauty of poetry is that the creation transcends the poet.
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At times of writing I never think what I have said before. My aim is not to be consistent with my previous statements on a given question, but to be consistent with truth as it may present itself to me at a given moment. The result has been that I have grown from truth to truth.
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What is Truth? A difficult question; but I have solved it for myself by saying that it is what the "voice within" tells you. All that I can in true humility present to you is that Truth is not to be found by anybody who has not got an abundant sense of humility. If you would swim on the bosom of the ocean of Truth you must reduce yourself to zero.
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Organization of khaddar is infinitely better than co-operative societies or any other form of village organization.
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Obedience to the law of bread labour will bring about a silent revolution in the structure of society.
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You will find that God is always by the side of the fearless.