Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
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No government on earth can make men, who have realized freedom in their hearts, salute against their will.
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One is ever young in the presence of the God of Truth, or Truth which is God.
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I have in my life never been guilty of saying things I did not mean - my nature is to go straight to the heart and if often I fail in doing so for the time being, I know that Truth ultimately makes itself heard and felt, as it has often done in my experience.
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I have discovered that man is superior to the system he propounds.
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Before Hindus and Moslems dare think of freedom, they must be brave enough to love one another, to tolerate one another's religion, even prejudices and superstitions, and to trust one another. This requires faith in oneself.
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But success and failure are of no account. They are God's concern, not mine.
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I shall die, but I will not kill.
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Seeing God face to face is to feel that He is enthroned in our hearts even as a child feels a mother's affection without needing any demonstration.
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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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My idea of society is that while we are born equal, meaning that we have a right to equal opportunity, all have not the same capacity.
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Life is an aspiration. Its mission is to strive after perfection, which is self-realization. The ideal must not be lowered because of our weaknesses or imperfections.
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Be truthful, gentle, and fearless.
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Civil disobedience is a preparation for mute suffering.
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Nonviolence is the greatest virtue, cowardice the greatest vice – nonviolence springs from love, cowardice from hate.
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Literacy in itself is no education.
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For a nonviolent struggle, there is no age limit. The blind, the maimed and the bed-ridden may serve, and not only men but women also.
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A society or a nation constructed nonviolently must be able to withstand attack upon its structure from without or within.
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Behaviour is the mirror in which we can display our image.
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In order that knowledge may not run riot, the author of the Gita has insisted on devotion accompanying it and has given it the first place.
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Truth resides in every human heart, and one has to search for it there, and to be guided by truth as one sees it. But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.
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Is not education the art of drawing out full manhood of the children under training?
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The bravery of the nonviolent is vastly superior to that of the violent.
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Don't talk about it. The rose doesn't have to propagate its perfume. It just gives it forth, and people are drawn to it. Live it, and people will come to see the source of your power.