M.K Gandhi Quotes
A good person will resist an evil system with his whole soul. Disobedience of the laws of an evil state is therefore a duty.
A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.
If I am true to myself, if I am true to mankind, if I am true to humanity, I must understand all the faults that human flesh is heir to.
My nationalism, fierce though it is, is not exclusive, is not devised to harm any nation or individual.
Do not flatter yourselves with the belief that a mere recital of that celebrated verse in St. John makes a man a Christian.
Decency requires that when a programme is approved by the majority, all should carry it out faithfully.
Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.
The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice.
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.
What crimes, for which we condemn the Government as satanic, have not we been guilty of towards our own untouchable brethren?
In Swaraj, based on ahimsa, people need not know their rights, but it is also necessary for them to know their duties.
I don't know how to put on an act; I always show myself for what I am, in whatever mood I'm in.
Independence means voluntary restraints and discipline, voluntary acceptance of the rule of law.
For a firm believer in swadeshi, there need be no Pharisaical self-satisfaction in wearing khadi.
Independence of my conception means nothing less than the realization of the "Kingdom of God" within you and on this earth.
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.
I know nothing of the science of astrology and I consider it to be a science, if it is a science, of doubtful value, to be severely left alone by those who have any faith in Providence.
Satan's snares are mostly subtly laid and are the most tempting when the dividing line between right and wrong is so thin as to be imperceptible.
The ideal that marriage aims at is that of spiritual union through the physical. The human love that it incarnates is intended to serve as a stepping stone to diving or universal love.
Nonviolence is not a cloistered virtue, confined only to the rishi and the cave-dweller.
The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular.
Exercise of faith will be the safest where there is a clear determination summarily to reject all that is contrary to truth and love.
Non-cooperation is beyond the reach of the bayonet. It has found an abiding place in the Indian heart. Workers like me will go when the hour has struck, but non-cooperation will remain.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. For the least sin, it wouldn't take us longTo get so we had no one left to live with.For to be social is to be forgiving.
What you feel and how you react to something is always up to you. There may be a "normal" or a common way to react to different things. But that's mostly just all it is.
My shyness has been in reality my shield and buckler. It has allowed me to grow. It has helped me in my discernment of truth.
Out of the performance of duties flow rights, and those that knew and performed their duties came naturally by their rights.
God took and needed no personal service. He served His creatures without demanding any service for Himself in return.
Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being.
And everyone who wills can hear the Voice. It is within every one. But like everything else it requires previous and definite preparation.