Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Woman is more fitted than man to make explorations and take bolder action in ahimsa.
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A principle is a principle and in no case can it be watered down because of our incapacity to live it in practice. We have to strive to achieve it, and the striving should be conscious, deliberate and hard.
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Who is there in the world who can insult the God in the image?
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A love that is based on the goodness of those whom you love is a mercenary affair.
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No stone should be left unturned to bring home to the family members that untouchability is a sin and a blot on Hinduism.
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There is no path to peace; peace is the path.
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When you know the truth, the truth makes you a soldier.
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Anger, lust and such other evil passions raging in the heart are the real untouchables.
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We have no evidence whatsoever that the soul perishes with the body.
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The Enlightened one has told you in never-to-be-forgotten words that this little span of life is but a passing shadow, a fleeting thing.
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I do regard spinning and weaving as a necessary part of any national system of education.
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He who spins before the poor, inviting them to do likewise, serves God as no one else does.
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All religions are branches of the same mighty tree, but I must not change over from one branch to another for the sake of expediency.
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We must be ever courteous and patient with those who do not see eye to eye with us. We must resolutely refuse to consider our opponents as enemies.
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People in a democracy should be satisfied with drawing the Government's attention to a mistake, if any.
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My notion of democracy is that under it the weakest shall have the same opportunities as the strongest.
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Mere mental, that is, intellectual labour, is for the soul and has its own satisfaction.
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Not violence, nor untruth but non-violence and Truth are the laws of our being.
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A man of faith will remain steadfast to truth even though the whole world might appear to be enveloped in falsehood.
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Everything I have personally experienced, and that also has been expressed by the leaders of the great religions points to the fact that a global spirituality already exists and was intrinsically there from the start as God (by whatever name) is one and is indivisible - everywhere outside time and place.
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Life is an aspiration. Its mission is to strive after perfection, which is self-realization. The ideal must not be lowered because of our weaknesses or imperfections.
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The fight of satyagraha is for the strong in spirit, not the doubter or the timid. Satyagraha teaches us the art of living as well as dying.
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What senseless violence does is to prolong the lease of life of the British or foreign rule.
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An unjust law in itself is an act of violence.