Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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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.
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To safeguard democracy the people must have a keen sense of independence, self-respect, and their oneness.
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Diversity there certainly is in the world, but it means neither inequality nor untouchability.
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There can be no friendship between cowards, or cowards and brave men.
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Indeed, a civil resister offers resistance only when peace becomes impossible.
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I believe that cunning is not only morally wrong but also politically expedient, and have therefore always discountenanced its use even from the practical standpoint.
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A personal selfish prayer is bad whether made before an image or an unseen God.
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It is my conviction that nothing enduring can be built on violence. The only safe way to overcome an enemy is to make of that enemy a friend.
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God, who is the embodiment of Truth and Right and Justice, can never have sanctioned a religion or practice which regards one - fifth of our vast population as untouchables.
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The world is big enough to satisfy everyones needs, but will always be too small to satisfy everyones greed.
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What is impossible with man is child's play with God.
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You never realize what the aftereffect of your activities, however in the event that you don't do anything, obviously there will be no outcome.
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I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.
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God forbid that India should ever take to industrialism after the manner of the west... keeping the world in chains. If [our nation] took to similar economic exploitation, it would strip the world bare like locusts.
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A country whose culture is based on nonviolence will find it necessary to have every home as much self-contained as possible.
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To see farther, you must climb higher.
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I have discovered that man is superior to the system he propounds.
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We do not know whether it is good to live or to die. Therefore, we should not take delight in living, nor should we tremble at the thought of death. We should be equiminded towards death. This is the ideal. It may be long before we reach it, and only a few of us can attain it. Even then, we must keep it constantly in view, and the more difficult it seems of attainment, the greater should be the effort we put forth.
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The golden rule is to act fearlessly upon what one believes to be right.
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At times, non-cooperation becomes as much a duty as cooperation.
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Buddha emphasized and re-declared the eternal and unalterable existence of the moral government of this universe. He unhesitatingly said that the law was God Himself.
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The movement of nonviolent non-co-operation has nothing in common with the historical struggles for freedom in the West.
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Democracy and dependence on the military and police are incompatible.
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Civil disobedience is the inherent right of a citizen.