M.K Gandhi Quotes

People in a democracy should be satisfied with drawing the Government's attention to a mistake, if any.

No religion taught man to kill fellowmen because he held different opinions or was of another religion.

The world cannot be successfully fooled for all time.

I call myself a Sanatani Eternal Hindu, because I believe in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Puranas, and all that goes by the name of Hindu scripture, and therefore in avataras and rebirth.

Withholding of payment of taxes is one of the quickest methods of overthrowing a government.

The end is inherent in the means.

I do not seek redemption from the consequences of my sin. I seek to be redeemed from sin itself. Until I have attained that end, I shall be content to be restless.

Democracy is an impossible thing until the power is shared by all, but let not democracy degenerate into mobocracy.

My experience teaches me that truth can never be propagated by doing violence.

I love Christianity, Islam and many other faiths - through Hinduism.

My nationalism is as broad as my swadeshi, I want India's rise so that the whole world may benefit.

Complete independence will be complete only to the extent of our approach in practice to truth and nonviolence.

Sickness is the result not only of our acts, but out thoughts also.

The truth is to be found nowhere else other than within ourselves.

If you are left with only one piece of homespun,wear it with dignity

I may have become Christian, were it not for Christians.

The truest test of a democracy is in the ability of anyone to act as he likes, so long as he does not injure the life or property of anyone else.

To put up with. . . distortions and to stick to one's guns come what may - this is the. . . gift of leadership.

For my own part, I do not want the freedom of India if it means extinction of English or the disappearance of Englishmen.

If you must kill English officials, why not kill me instead?

I am just not thinking of India's deliverance. It will come, but will it be worth if England and France fall, or if they come out victorious over Germany ruined and humbled?

I claim to have been a lifelong and wholly disinterested friend of the British people.

My attitude towards the British is one of utter friendliness and respect.

No police or military in the world can protect people who are cowards.

By spiritual training I mean education of the heart.

Experience gained in two schools under my control has taught me that punishment does not purify, if anything, it hardens children.

A balanced intellect presupposes a harmonious growth of body, mind and soul.

Economic equality of my conception does not mean that every one will literally have the same amount.

What is equality of rights between a giant and a dwarf?

They might kill me but they cannot kill Gandhism. If truth can be killed, Gandhism can be killed.

There is already enough superstition in our country. No effort should be spared to resist further addition in the shape of Gandhi worship.

Was it that you wanted to pull my leg by transporting me to the frozen Himalayan heights of 'mahatmaship' and claiming for yourself absolution from having to follow my precepts?

I have not hesitated to call the system of Government under which we are labouring 'satanic' and I withdraw naught out of it.

The stability of the State depends upon the readiness of every citizen to subordinate his rights to those of the rest.

Do not concentrate on showing the misdeeds of the government, for we have to convert and befriend those who run it.

The English peace is the peace of the grave.

Real power does not consist in the ability to inflict capital punishment upon the subjects, but in the will and the ability to protect the subjects against the world.

Whilst power, superimposed, always needs the help of the police and the military, power generated from within should have little or no use of them.

The moment the cultivators of the soil realize their power, the evil of Zamindari will be sterilized.

Ramanama can be used only for a good, never for an evil end, or else thieves and robbers would be the greatest devotees.

Ramanama purifies while it cures, and, therefore, it elevates.

Even Ramanama is by itself lifeless, but it has become a living symbol of the deity because millions of people have consecrated it.

Reason has to be strengthened by suffering, and suffering opens the eyes of understanding.

There is no doubt that our last state will be worse than our first, if we surrender our reason into somebody's keeping.

Islam appeals to people because it appeals also to reason.

The British are weak in numbers, we are weak in spite of our numbers.

My motto is "Unite now, today if you can; fight if you must. But in every case avoid British intervention."

Will Great Britain have an unwilling India dragged into war or a willing ally co-operating with her in the prosecution of a defence of true democracy?

Boycott brought about anyhow of British cloth cannot yield the same results as such boycott brought about by hand-spinning and khaddar.

That which impels man to do the right thing is God.