M.K Gandhi Quotes
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.
Exercise of faith will be the safest where there is a clear determination summarily to reject all that is contrary to truth and love.
The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular.
Nonviolence is not a cloistered virtue, confined only to the rishi and the cave-dweller.
One man cannot do right in one department of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in any other department. Life is one indivisible whole
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.
It dawned upon me that fasting could be made as powerful a weapon of indulgence as of restraint
It amazes me to find an intelligent person who fights against something which he does not at all believe exists.
Non-co-operation and civil disobedience are but different branches of the same tree called satyagraha.
In the midst of death life persists, in the midst of untruth, truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists.
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.
We all understand that the debasement of a nation's coinage is very pernicious and must prove disastrous to its commerce. How much more dangerous is the debasement of the spiritual coinage!
True love is boundless like the ocean and, swelling within one, spreads itself out and, crossing all boundaries and frontiers, envelops the whole world.
What barrier is there that love cannot break?
Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.
Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison.
I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect.
Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.
The very essence of democracy is that every person represents all the varied interests which compose the nation.
The goal ever recedes from us. The greater the progress the greater the recognition of our unworthiness. Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.
Blind adoration, in the age of action, is perfectly valueless, is often embarrassing and, equally, often painful.
Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my hardest to become a saint.
Confession of one's guilt purifies and uplifts. Its suppression is degrading and should always be avoided.
The willing sacrifice of the innocents is the most powerful retort to insolent tyranny that has yet to be conceived by God or man.
Everyone wants to be strong and self sufficient, but few are willing to put in the work necessary to achieve worthy goals.
My idea of society is that while we are born equal, meaning that we have a right to equal opportunity, all have not the same capacity.
The satyagrahi general has to obey his inner voice, for over and above the situation outside he examines himself constantly and listens to the dictates of the inner self.
Do not crave to know the views of others, nor base your intent thereon. To think independently for yourself is a sign of fearlessness.
If one has no affection for a person or a system, one should feel free to give the fullest expression to his disaffection so long as he does not contemplate, promote, or incite violence.
To retaliate against the relatives of the co-religionists of the wrong-doer is a cowardly act.