Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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What has appealed to me most in Tolstoy's life is that he practiced what he preached and reckoned no cost too great in his pursuit of truth.
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Buddhism in one long prayer.
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There is force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results.
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I see neither bravery nor sacrifice in destroying life or property, for offense or defense.
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Study not man in his animal nature - man following the laws of the jungle - but study man in all his glory.
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And he who would be friends with God must remain alone, or make the whole world his friend.
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The greatest help you can give me is to banish fear from your hearts.
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To me the Mahabharata is a profoundly religious book, largely allegorical, in a way meant to be a historical record.
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I have recognized that the nation has the right, if it so wills, to vindicate her freedom even by actual violence.
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Jesus, to me, is a great world teacher among others.
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No empire intoxicated with the red wine of power and the plunder of weaker races has yet lived long in this world.
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One cannot reach Truth by untruthfulness. Truthful conduct alone can reach truth.
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Nonviolent nationalism is a necessary condition of corporate or civilized life.
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If I were over full of pity for the cow, I should sacrifice my life to save her but not take my brother's.
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It was through the Hindu religion that I learnt to respect Christianity and Islam.
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It was not through democratic methods that Britain bagged India.
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The field of research in the doctrine of civil resistance is necessarily limited, as the occasions for civil resistance in a man's life must not be frequent.
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True ahimsa should mean a complete freedom from ill-will and anger and hate and an overflowing love for all.
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Hindus, if they want unity among different races, must have the courage to trust the minorities.
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He who runs to the doctor, vaidya, or hakim for every little ailment, and swallows all kinds of vegetable and mineral drugs, not only curtails his life, but by becoming the slave of his body instead of remaining its master, loses self-control, and ceases to be a man.
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Where my own mission is concerned, my thought is active, and I try to wish everyone well in spite of doubts and mistrust.
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Woman is, by habit or nature, queen of the household. She is not designed to organize on a large scale.
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Freedom and slavery are mental states.
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Jesus never uttered a loftier or a grander truth than when he said that wisdom cometh out of the mouths of babes.