Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.
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Hinduism would not have been much of a religion if Rama had not steeled his heart against every temptation.
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An unjust law in itself is an act of violence.
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Indeed, one perfect resister is enough to win the battle of Right against Wrong.
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I came to the conclusion long ago that all religions were true and that also that all had some error in them, and while I hold by my own religion, I should hold other religions as dear as Hinduism. So we can only pray, if we were Hindus, not that a Christian should become a Hindu; but our innermost prayer should be that a Hindu should become a better Hindu, a Muslim a better Muslim, and a Christian a better Christian.
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And whilst he may not claim superiority by reason of learning, I myself must not withold that meed of homage that learning, wherever it resides, always commands.
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My soul refuses to be satisfied so long as it is a helpless witness of a single wrong or a single misery.
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Nonviolent non-co-operation with evil means co-operation with all that is good.
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The strength to kill is not essential for self-defense; one ought to have the strength to die. When a man is fully ready to die, he will not even desire to offer violence. Indeed, I may put it down as a self-evident proposition that the desire to kill is in inverse proportion to the desire to die. And history is replete with instances of men who by dying with courage and compassion on their lips converted the hearts of their violent opponents.
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Unlike the animal, God has given man the faculty of reason.
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You never know where your actions will lead to. But if you don't do anything they will lead you nowhere.
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The bravery of the nonviolent is vastly superior to that of the violent.
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Terrorism and deception are weapons not of the strong, but of the weak.
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The unparalleled extravagance of English rule has demented the rajas and the maharajas who, unmindful of consequences, ape it and grind their subjects to dust.
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God lives, but not as we. His creatures live but to die. But God is life. Therefore, goodness is not an attribute. Goodness is God.
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Civil disobedience can only lead to strength and purity.
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Through Khadi we teach the people the art of civil obedience to an institution which they have built up for themselves.
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The spirit of non-violence necessarily leads to humility. Non-violence means reliance on God, the rock of ages. If we would seek his aid, we must approach Him with a humble and contrite heart.
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A dissolute character is more dissolute in thought than in deed. And the same is true of violence. Our violence in word and deed is but a feeble echo of the surging violence of thought in us.
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Not violence, nor untruth but non-violence and Truth are the laws of our being.
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Only living things bring living joy to the soul and must elevate it.
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My doctrine means that I must identify myself with life, with everything that lives, that I must share the majesty of life in the presence of God. The sum-total of this life is God. .. Man is not at peace with himself until he has become like unto God. The endeavor to reach this state is the supreme, the only ambition worth having. And this is self-realisation. This self-realisation is the subject of the Gita, as it is of all scriptures... to be a real devotee is to realise oneself. Self-realisation is not something apart.
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May the work of your hands be a sign of gratitude and reverence to the human condition.
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True beauty consists of purity of heart.