Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Democracy and dependence on the military and police are incompatible.
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Golden fetters are no less galling to a self-respecting man that iron ones; the sting lies in the fetters, not in the metal.
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We become Godlike to the extent we realize nonviolence, but we can never become wholly God.
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The still small voice within you must always be the final arbiter when there is a conflict of duty.
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Ahimsa is my God, and Truth is my God.
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Of all the myriads of God, Daridranarayana is the most sacred inasmuch as it represents the untold millions of the poor people as distinguished from the few rich people.
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Democracy is not a state in which people act like sheep.
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Not violence, nor untruth but non-violence and Truth are the laws of our being.
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A fearless woman who knows that her purity is her best shield can never be dishonoured.
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Widowhood imposed by religion or custom is an unbearable yoke and defiles the home by secret vice and degrades religion.
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It is no non-violence if we merely love those that love us. It is non-violence only when we love those that hate us.
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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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Why should men arrogate to themselves the right to regulate female purity?
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A thousand candles can be lighted from the flame of one candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness can be spread without diminishing that of yourself.
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Nonviolence, applied to very large masses of mankind, is a new experiment in the history of the world.
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The nonviolence I teach is active nonviolence of the strongest. But the weakest can partake in it without becoming weaker.
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The truest test of civilization, culture and dignity is character and not clothing.
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Imperfect men have no right to judge other imperfect men.
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One can measure the greatness and the moral progress of a nation by looking at how it treats its animals.
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Those who are truthful, nonviolent and brave do not cease to be so because of the stupidity of their leader.
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I am a Hindu by birth. And yet I do not know much of Hinduism, and I know less of other religions. In fact I do not know where I am, and what is and what should be my belief. I intend to make a careful study of my own religion and, as far as I can, of other religions as well.
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My religion and my patriotism derived from my religion, embrace all life.
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Khadi will cease to have any value in my eyes if it does not usefully employ the millions.
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What distinguishes man from the brute is his conscious striving to realise the spirit within.