Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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The function of Nayee-Talim is not to teach an occupation, but through it to develop the whole man.
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Nonviolence does not require any outside or outward training.
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My mission is to convert every Indian, every Englishman and finally the world to nonviolence for regulating mutual relations, whether political, economic, social or religious.
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Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty.
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A prayerful study and experience are essential for a correct interpretation of the scriptures.
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I see neither bravery nor sacrifice in destroying life or property, for offense or defense.
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When two nations are fighting, the duty of a votary of ahimsa is to stop the war.
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Eye for eye and the world will go blind.
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I came to the conclusion long ago that all religions were true and that also that all had some error in them, and while I hold by my own religion, I should hold other religions as dear as Hinduism. So we can only pray, if we were Hindus, not that a Christian should become a Hindu; but our innermost prayer should be that a Hindu should become a better Hindu, a Muslim a better Muslim, and a Christian a better Christian.
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Continue to grow and evolve.
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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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One cannot reach Truth by untruthfulness. Truthful conduct alone can reach truth.
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Why should I need an artist to explain a work of art to me? Why should it not speak out to me itself?
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Religion is not like a house or a cloak which can be changed at will.
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When the fear of jail disappears, repression puts heart into the people.
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For winning Swaraj one requires iron discipline.
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The only force at the disposal of democracy is that of public opinion.
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Each and every one of you should consider himself to be a trustee for the welfare of the rest of his fellow labourers and not be self-seeking.
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I don't reject Christ. I love Christ. It's just that so many of you Christians are so unlike Christ.
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The truth is that cowardice itself is violence of a subtle type and therefore dangerous and far more difficult to eradicate than the habit of physical violence.
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When I see a cow, it is not an animal to eat, it is a poem of pity for me and I worship it and I shall defend its worship against the whole world.
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I am a man of peace. I believe in peace. But I do not want peace at any price.
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Don't let anybody walk through your mind with dirty feet.
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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.