Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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The devotion of such titans of spirit as Lenin to an Ideal must bear fruit. The nobility of his selflessness will be an example through centuries to come, and his Ideal will reach perfection.
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Whatever the ultimate fate of my country, my love for you remains, and will remain, undiminished. My non-violence demands universal love, and you are not a small part of it. It is that love which has prompted my appeal to you.
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For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
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There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
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Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him.
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Hinduism has sinned in giving sanction to untouchability.
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The seeker is at liberty to extract from this treasure any meaning he likes, so as to enable him to enforce in his life the central teaching.
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That economics is untrue which ignores or disregards moral values.
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.
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Truth should so humble that even dust could crush it.
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All the four stages in a man's life are devised by the seers in Hinduism for imposing discipline and self-restraint.
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God's grace and revelation are the monopoly of no race or nation.
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A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
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Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
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The Charkha, which is the embodiment of willing obedience and calm persistence, must therefore succeed before there is civil disobedience.
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In India there is a common saying that the way to Swaraj is through Mandalay.
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If I had to face only the Sermon on the Mount and my own interpretation of it, I should not hesitate to say, 'O yes, I am a Christian.'
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Ahimsa is no mere theory with me, but it is a fact of life based on extensive experience.
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Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself.
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Though God may be Love, God is Truth above all.
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Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.
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Performance of one's duties should be independent of public opinion.
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True ahimsa should wear a smile even on a deathbed brought about by an assailant. It is only with that ahimsa that we can befriend our opponents and win their love.
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It is not true that we shall necessarily progress if our political conditions undergo a change, irrespectively of the manner in which it is brought about. If the means employed are impure, the change will not be in the direction of progress but very likely in the opposite.