Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

Freedom from all attachment is the realization of God as Truth.

It will be hard to find a parallel in history in which unarmed people have represented the urge for freedom, turning their armlessness into the central means for deliverance.

Though we are politically free, we are hardly free from the subtle domination of the West.

A slave has not the freedom even to do the right thing.

How heavy is the toll of sins and wrong that wealth, power and prestige exact from man.

For me, Rama and Rahim are one and the same deity.

My Rama, the Rama of our prayers, is not the historical Rama, the son of Dasharatha, the king of Ayodhya.

It is the function of God Rama to destroy evil, wherever it occurs and it is equally the function of God Rama to give to his devotees like Bibhishana a free charter of irrevocable self-government.

In man, reason quickens and guides feelings; in brute, the soul lies ever dormant.

Nothing in the Shastras, which is capable of being reasoned, can stand if it is in conflict with reason.

I have described Swaraj as Ramarajya and Ramarajya is an impossibility unless we have thousands of Sitas.

Voluntary service of others demands the best of which one is capable, and must take precedence over service of self.

The platform of services is as big as the world. It is never overcrowded.

The human body is meant solely for service, never for indulgence.

That prince is acceptable to me who becomes a prince among his people's servants.

Even swadeshi, like any other good thing, can be ridden to death if it is made a fetish.

Tolerance obviously does not disturb the distinction between right and wrong, or good and evil.

Unless we are able to evolve a spirit of mutual tolerance for diametrically opposite views, non co-operation is an impossibility.

It goes without saying that moderation and sobriety are of the very essence of vow-taking.

When the ego dies, the soul awakes.

Nothing enduring can be built on violence.

A poet is one who can call forth the good latent in the human beast.

For us, patriotism is the same as the love of humanity.

Earth and heaven are in us

The Truth is far more powerful than any weapon of mass destruction.

Nonviolence has come among men and it will live. It is the harbinger of the peace of the world.

A convert's enthusiasm for his new religion is greater than that of a person who is born in it.

I had learnt at the onset not to carry on public work with borrowed money.

It is beyond my power to induce in you a belief in God. There are certain things which are self proved and certain which are not proved at all.

Today I know that physical training should have as much place in the curriculum as mental training.

Violent means will give violent freedom.

It is wonderful, if we chose the right diet, what an extraordinarily small quantity would suffice.

If I could wake all of the women of Asia, India could be won in a day.

As a splendid palace deserted by its inmates looks like a ruin, so does a man without character, all his material belongings notwithstanding.

The Attainment of freedom, whether for a person, a nation or a world, must be in exact proportion to the attainment of nonviolence for each

Means are ends in the making

If you Christians acted more like your Christ, the world would be a better place.

And whilst he may not claim superiority by reason of learning, I myself must not withold that meed of homage that learning, wherever it resides, always commands.

Only this much I knew - that under ideal conditions, true education could be imparted only by the parents, and that then there should be the minimum of outside help.

Complete independence through truth and non-violence means the independence of every unit, be it the humblest of the nation, without distinction of race, colour or creed.

When you practice a life of non-violence you no longer need seek the truth, the truth finds you.

Faith alone is the sun of life.

All have not the same capacity. I would allow a man of intellect to earn more, I would not cramp his talent.

The devotion of such titans of spirit as Lenin to an Ideal must bear fruit. The nobility of his selflessness will be an example through centuries to come, and his Ideal will reach perfection.

I shall die, but I will not kill.

Don't talk about it. The rose doesn't have to propagate its perfume. It just gives it forth, and people are drawn to it. Live it, and people will come to see the source of your power.

I believe in trusting. Trust begets trust. Suspicion is foetid and only stinks. He who trusts has never yet lost in the world.

A man of character will make himself worthy of any position he is given.

Running away for fear of death, leaving one's dear ones, temples or music to take care of themselves, is irreligion; it is cowardice.

Death on the battlefield is welcome to a soldier.