Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi Famous Quotes & Sayings
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Our peaceful non-co-operation must be constructive, non-destructive. Poison should not emerge from the throes of love.
It is very significant that some of the most thoughtful and cultured men are partisans of a pure vegetable diet
You never realize what the aftereffect of your activities, however in the event that you don't do anything, obviously there will be no outcome.
The man or the woman who can display the nonviolence of the brave can easily stand against as external invasion.
My life is dedicated to the service of Indians through the religion of nonviolence which I believe to be the root of Hinduism.
Conservation of national sanitation is Swaraj work and it may not be postponed for a single day on any consideration whatsoever.
My own veneration for other faiths is the same as that for my own faith; therefore no thought of conversion is possible
There may be tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they may seem invincible. But in the end, they always fail. Think of it: always.
Satyagraha and civil disobedience and fasts have nothing in common with the use of force, veiled or open.
Let us remember that we are all Indians eating Indian grain and salt, and living on the dumb Indian masses.
Man is supposed to be the maker of his destiny. It is only partly true. He can make his destiny, only in so far as he is allowed by the Great Power.
History is replete with instances of men, who, by dying with courage and compassion on their lips converted the hearts of their violent opponents.
God is the vital force or spirit which is all-pervading, all-embracing and, therefore, beyond human ken.
Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requisite for acquiring learning of any kind.
To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.
Religion of our conception, thus imperfect, is always subject to a process of evolution and re-interpretation.
One can measure the greatness and the moral progress of a nation by looking at how it treats its animals.
A nonviolent warrior knows no leaving the battle. He rushes into the mouth of himsa, never even once harbouring an evil thought.
A warrior lives on his wars, whether offensive or defensive. And he suffers a collapse if he finds that his warring capacity is unwanted.
A wretched parent who claims obedience from his children, without first doing his duty by them, excites nothing but contempt.
What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.
Do not flatter yourselves with the belief that a mere recital of that celebrated verse in St. John makes a man a Christian.
Men of stainless character and self purification will easily inspire confidence and automatically purify the atmosphere around them.
Civilization is not an incurable disease, but it should never be forgotten that the English people are at present afflicted by it.
To me the Mahabharata is a profoundly religious book, largely allegorical, in a way meant to be a historical record.
Khaddar is an activity that can absorb all the time of all available men and women and grown-up children, if they have faith.
Great causes cannot be served by intellectual equipment alone, they call for spiritual effort of soul-force.
Kaffirs are as a rule uncivilized - the convicts even more so. They are troublesome, very dirty and live almost like animals.
True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding the true path for ourselves, and fearlessly following it.
Mankind is one, seeing that all are equally subject to the moral law. All men are equal in God's eyes.
The Charkha, which is the embodiment of willing obedience and calm persistence, must therefore succeed before there is civil disobedience.
I would rather drown myself in the waters of the Sabarmati than harbour hate or animosity in my heart.
I believe in trusting. Trust begets trust. Suspicion is foetid and only stinks. He who trusts has never yet lost in the world.
The art that is in the machine-made article, appeals only to the eye; the art in Khadi appeals first to the heart and then to the eye.
Where there are millions upon millions of units of idle labour, it is no use thinking of labour-saving devices.
It is better to resist oppression by violent means than to submit, but it is best of all to resist by nonviolent means.
If I could persuade myself that I could find Him in a Himalayan cave I would proceed there immediately.
War is an unmitigated evil. But it certainly does one good thing. It drives away fear and brings bravery to the surface.
To one who reads the spirit of the Gita, it teaches the secret of nonviolence, the secret of realizing self through the physical body.