Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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The votaries of nonviolence cannot harbour violence even in thought, let alone the question of doing it.
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I implicitly believe in the truth of the saying that not a blade of grass moves but by His will. He will save it (my life) if He needs it for further service in this body. None can save it against His will.
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Khadi mentality means decentralization of the production and distribution of the necessaries of life.
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The snakes have their place in the agricultural economy of the village, but our villagers do not seem realize it.
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Satan mostly employs comparatively moral instruments and the language of ethics to give his aims an air of respectability.
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Hate the sin, love the sinner.
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Time is wealth, and the Gita says the Great Annihilator annihilates those who waste time.
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It was not through democratic methods that Britain bagged India.
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The future depends on what we do in the present.
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Indeed, one perfect resister is enough to win the battle of Right against Wrong.
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Change yourself - you are in control.
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The builders of the British Indian Empire have patiently built its four pillars-the European interests, the army, the Indian princes and the communal divisions.
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We must break through the provincial crust if we are to reach the core of all-India nationalism.
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My attempt and prayer are and will be for an honorable peace between belligerent nations in the least possible time.
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The greatest help you can give me is to banish fear from your hearts.
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Only living things bring living joy to the soul and must elevate it.
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We stand on the threshold of a twilight-whether morning or evening we do not know. One is followed by the night, the other heralds the dawn.
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Truth is my religion and ahimsa is the only way of its realization.
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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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Life is but an endless series of experiments.
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There are two days in the year that we can not do anything, yesterday and tomorrow.
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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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When there is no desire for fruit, there is also no temptation for untruth or himsa.
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Nonviolent attainment of self-government presupposes a non-violent control over the violent elements in the country.