Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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There is no road to freedom, freedom is the road.
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Religious truth, or for that matter any truth, requires a calm and meditative atmosphere for its percolation.
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Each and every one of you should consider himself to be a trustee for the welfare of the rest of his fellow labourers and not be self-seeking.
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Swaraj means ability to regard every inhabitant of India as our own brother or sister.
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To end slavery, you must overcome the mental and physical inertia of the masses and quicken their intelligence and creative faculty.
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It is the absolute right of India to misgovern herself.
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If Britain wins wholly, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and perhaps even Bolshevik Russia will disappear.
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The snakes have their place in the agricultural economy of the village, but our villagers do not seem realize it.
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Whilst the Bihar calamity damages the body, the calamity brought about by untouchability corrodes the very soul.
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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 cannot think of permanent enmity between man and man, and believing as I do in the theory of reincarnation, I live in the hope that if not in this birth, in some other birth I shall be able to hug all of humanity in friendly embrace.
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The word 'defeat' is not to be found in my dictionary, and everyone who is selected as a recruit in my army may be certain that there is no defeat for a satyagrahi.
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I felt that God could be realized only through service. And service for me was the service of India, because it came to me without my seeking, because I had an aptitude for it.
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The greater the realization of truth and ahimsa, the greater the illumination.
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Under my plan, the state will be there to carry out the will of the people, not to dictate to them or to force them to do its will.
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Civil disobedience can only lead to strength and purity.
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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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Pure motives can never justify impure or violent action.
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Real non-cooperation is non-cooperation with evil and not with the evil-doer.
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The meaning of prayer is that I want to evoke that Divinity within me.
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A satyagrahi has infinite patience, abundant faith in others, and ample hope.
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Fear is not a disease of the body; fear kills the soul.
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The golden rule is to act fearlessly upon what one believes to be right.
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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.