Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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God's grace and revelation are the monopoly of no race or nation.
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I understand democracy as something that gives the weak the same chance as the strong.
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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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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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Our nonviolence vis-а-vis the British Government has been the nonviolence of the weak.
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In India there is a common saying that the way to Swaraj is through Mandalay.
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We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
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As long as the superstition that people should obey unjust laws exists, so long will slavery exist.
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Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
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Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.
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The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
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That economics is untrue which ignores or disregards moral values.
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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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Performance of one's duties should be independent of public opinion.
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Truth should so humble that even dust could crush it.
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The spirit of democracy cannot be superimposed from the outside. It must come from within.
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The finite human being shall never know in its fullness Truth and Love which is itself infinite.
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I am in the world feeling my way to light 'amid the encircling gloom.'
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God cannot be realized through the intellect. Intellect can lead one to a certain extent and no further. It is a matter of faith and experience derived from that faith.
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Hinduism insists on the brotherhood of not only all mankind but of all that lives.
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Cowards can never be moral.
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Purification being highly infectious, purification of oneself necessarily leads to the purification of one's surroundings.
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An opponent is entitled to the same regard for his principles as we would expect others to have for ours. Non-violence demands that we should see every opportunity to win over opponents.
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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.