Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

Jesus, to me, is a great world teacher among others.

Men are good. But they are poor victims making themselves miserable under the false belief that they are doing good.

A democratic organization has to dare to do the right at all costs.

Marriage is not an act of services. It is a comfort man or woman seeks for himself or herself.

Why should I need an artist to explain a work of art to me? Why should it not speak out to me itself?

Indeed, a civil resister offers resistance only when peace becomes impossible.

He who has a living faith in God will not do evil deeds with name of God on his lips.

If we have listening ears, God speaks to us in our own language, whatever that language be

Khadi has been conceived as the foundation and the image of ahimsa. A real khadi-wearer will not utter an untruth. A real khadi-wearer will harbour no violence, no deceit, no impurity.

For a fallen India to aspire to move the world and protect the weaker races is seemingly an impertinence.

The mundane use of the Gayatri, its repetition for healing the sick, illustrates the meaning we have given to prayer.

Man does not live by destruction.

If we weep for all the deaths in our country, the tears in our eyes would never dry.

The hater hates not for the sake of hatred but because he wants to drive away from his country the hated being or beings.

I own no property and yet I feel that I am perhaps the richest man in the world.

No country can become a nation by producing a race of imitators.

Jesus never uttered a loftier or a grander truth than when he said that wisdom cometh out of the mouths of babes.

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.