Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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There is no yajna (sacrifice) greater than spinning calculated to bring peace to the troubled spirit, to soothe the distracted student's mind, to spiritualize his life.
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Many persons claiming different faiths make us one and an indivisible nation. All these have an equal claim to be the nationals of India.
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The sanyasa of the Gita is all work and yet no work.
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If people knew the working of the law of truth and nonviolence, then they would themselves regulate the matter of its shortage.
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If my nonviolence is to be contagious and infectious, I must acquire greater control over my thoughts.
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When the fear of jail disappears, repression puts heart into the people.
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Indeed, one perfect resister is enough to win the battle of Right against Wrong.
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Nonviolent nationalism is a necessary condition of corporate or civilized life.
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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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Civilizations have come and gone and, in spite of our vaunted progress, I am tempted to ask again and again, 'To what purpose?'
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Meditation is waiting on God.
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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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If it was wrong to seek God in a stone, how was it right to seek Him in a book called the Gita, the Granth Sahib or the Koran?
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The greatest help you can give me is to banish fear from your hearts.
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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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One cannot reach Truth by untruthfulness. Truthful conduct alone can reach truth.
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A mother would never by choice sleep in a wet bed but she would gladly do so in order to spare the dry bed for her child.
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True material welfare is never inconsistent with performance of religious obligations.
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When there is no desire for fruit, there is also no temptation for untruth or himsa.
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A successful search for truth means complete deliverance from the dual throng, such as of love and hate, happiness and misery.
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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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To a man with an empty stomach food is God.
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True beauty consists of purity of heart.
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Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute. The spirit lies dormant in the brute, and he knows no law but that of physical might. The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher laws - to the strength of the spirit.