Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular.

Real education consists in drawing the best out of yourself.

Untouchability of foreign cloth is as much a virtue with all of us as untouchability of the suppressed classes must be a sin with every devout Hindu.

The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice.

When you surrender completely to God, as the only truth worth having, you find yourself in service of all that exists. It becomes your joy and recreation. You never tire of serving others.

Nonviolent non-co-operation is the only alternative to anarchy and worse.

It dawned upon me that fasting could be made as powerful a weapon of indulgence as of restraint

If light can come out of darkness, then alone can love emerge from hatred.

Disease increases in proportion to the increase in the number of doctors in a place.

The deepest spiritual truths are always unutterable.

God alone is the judge of true greatness because He knows men's hearts.

Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy.

In true democracy every man and woman is taught to think for himself or herself.

A man's true wealth hereafter is the good he has done to his fellowmen.

Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.

A vow is fixed and unalterable determination to do a thing, when such a determination is related to something noble which can only uplift the man who makes the resolve.

I know of no religion or sect that has done or is doing without a house of God, variously described as a temple, a mosque, a church, a synagogue or agiary.

Violent means will give violent swaraj. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.

Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive.

In the midst of death life persists, in the midst of untruth, truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists.

I'm a lover of my own liberty, and so I would do nothing to restrict yours.

This mad rush for wealth must cease and the labourer must be assured not only of a living wage but, also a daily task that is not mere drudgery.

What the Sermon describes in a graphic manner, the Bhagavadgita reduces to a scientific formula.

I know of no system other than Hinduism under which a class has been set apart from generation to generation for the exclusive pursuit of divine knowledge and consigned to voluntary poverty.

The saving of labour of the individual should be the object and honest humanitarian considerations, and not greed, the motive.

Hatred can be overcome only by love.

That religion and that nation will be blotted out of the face of the earth which pins its faith on injustice, untruth or violence.

Whether humanity will consciously follow the law of love, I do not know. But that need not disturb me. The law will work just as the law of gravitation works whether we accept it or not.

Let us, by praying, purify ourselves and we shall not only remove untouchability but shall also hasten the advent of Swaraj.

There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness.

I submit that scientists have not yet explored the hidden possibilities of the innumerable seeds, leaves and fruits for giving the fullest possible nutrition to mankind.

I once Experimented with marijuna, next thing I know I'm waking up with blood on my hands.......and not my own blood.

Truth quenches untruth, love quenches anger, self-suffering quenches violence. This eternal rule is a rule not for saints only but for all.

I worship God as Truth only. I have not yet found Him, but I am seeking after Him.

Whomsoever you follow, howsoever great, see to it that you follow the spirit of the master and not imitate him mechanically.

Decency requires that when a programme is approved by the majority, all should carry it out faithfully.

The fragrance of nonviolence was never sweeter than it was today amidst the stink of violence of the most cowardly type that was being displayed in the cities of India.

Untouchability is a blot on Hinduism. It is a canker eating into its vitals.

My ahimsa would not tolerate the idea of giving a free meal to a healthy person who has not worked for it in some honest way.

Live simply that others might simply live.

Do not flatter yourselves with the belief that a mere recital of that celebrated verse in St. John makes a man a Christian.

I consider writing as a fine art. We kill it by imposing the alphabet on little children and making it the beginning of learning.

In Swaraj, based on ahimsa, people need not know their rights, but it is also necessary for them to know their duties.

No society can possibly be built on a denial of individual freedom.

My religion teaches me to love all equally.

Meditation is waiting on God.

Better than cowardice is killing and being killed in battle.

There is only one God for us all, whether we find him through the Koran, the Zend-Avesta, The Tolmud, or the Gita.

More caution and perhaps more restraint are necessary in breaking a fast than in keeping it.

Exercise of faith will be the safest where there is a clear determination summarily to reject all that is contrary to truth and love.