Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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One cannot reach Truth by untruthfulness. Truthful conduct alone can reach truth.
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I believe in absolute oneness of God and therefore also of humanity.
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I see neither bravery nor sacrifice in destroying life or property, for offense or defense.
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Courtesy towards opponents and eagerness to understand their view-point is the ABC of non-violence.
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What is a war criminal? Was not war itself a crime against God and humanity, and, therefore, were not all those who sanctioned, engineered, and conducted wars, war criminals? War criminals are not confined to the Axis Powers alone. Roosevelt and Churchill are no less war criminals than Hitler and Mussolini. England, America and Russia have all of them got their hands dyed more or less red - not merely Germany and Japan.
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God, who is the embodiment of Truth and Right and Justice, can never have sanctioned a religion or practice which regards one - fifth of our vast population as untouchables.
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Let our lives be open books for all to study.
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For the courage of self-sacrifice, woman is any time superior to man, as I believe man is to woman for the courage of the brute.
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God speaks to us every day only we don't know how to listen.
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True beauty consists of purity of heart.
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Hate the sin, love the sinner.
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Khadi mentality means decentralization of the production and distribution of the necessaries of life.
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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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There is no reason to believe that there is one law for families and another for nations.
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Eye for eye and the world will go blind.
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It is against the spirit of ahimsa to overawe even one person into submission.
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Surely Islam has nothing to fear from criticism even if it be unreasonable.
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I have discovered that man is superior to the system he propounds.
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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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What senseless violence does is to prolong the lease of life of the British or foreign rule.
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The purpose of life is undoubtedly to know oneself. We cannot do it unless we learn to identify ourselves with all that lives. The sum-total of that life is God.
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Before civil disobedience can be practised on a vast scale, people must learn the art of civil or voluntary obedience.
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I could not be leading a religious life unless I identified myself with the whole of mankind, and that I could not do unless I took part in politics.
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Hindus, if they want unity among different races, must have the courage to trust the minorities.