M.K Gandhi Quotes

The spirit of democracy... requires change of the heart... requires the inculcation of the spirit of brotherhood.

There is no such thing as ‘too insane’ unless others turn up dead due to your actions.

Where love is, there God is also.

But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.

Solitude is a catalyst for innovation

I am not averse to politics, but that does not mean that I am going to join politics.

When we fear God, then we shall fear no man, however high-placed he may be.

My national service is part of my training for freeing my soul from the bondage of the flesh.

History is replete with instances of men, who, by dying with courage and compassion on their lips converted the hearts of their violent opponents.

There is a world-wide conflict between capital and labour, and the poor envy the rich.

Fearlessness presupposes calmness and peace of mind.

How can I even secretly harbour the thought that my neighbour's faith is inferior to mine?

God makes crooked straight for us and sets things right when they seem to go dead wrong.

That which you look upon as your own you may keep only so long as the world allows you to own it.

Machinery is the chief symbol of modern civilization; it represents a great sin.

The Law of Love, call it attraction, affinity, cohesion if you like, governs the world.

It was our love of foreign cloth that ousted the wheel from its position of dignity.

When a slave begins to take pride in his fetters and hugs them like precious ornaments, the triumph of the slave-owner is complete.

God never made man that he may consider another man as untouchable.

The ideally non-violent state will be an ordered anarchy.

Economics that hurt the moral well-being of an individual or a nation are immoral and, therefore, sinful.

To say that a single human being, because of his birth, becomes an untouchable, unapproachable or invisible is to deny God.

Democracy disciplined and enlightened is the finest thing in the world. A democracy prejudiced, ignorant, superstitious, will land itself in chaos and may be self-destroyed.

War with all its glorification of brute force is essentially a degrading thing.

I see neither bravery nor sacrifice in destroying life or property, for offense or defense.

The nation's non-co-operation is an invitation to the Government to co-operate with it on its own terms, as is every nation's right and every good government's duty.

Nonviolent non-co-operation with evil means co-operation with all that is good.

Nonviolent attainment of self-government presupposes a non-violent control over the violent elements in the country.

The weapon of nonviolence does not need supermen or superwomen to wield it; even beings of common clay can use it and have used it before this with success.

Nonviolence being the mightiest force in the world and also the most elusive in its working, demands the greatest exercise of faith.

God is Light, not darkness. God is Love, not hate. God is truth, not untruth. God alone is great.

No man has ever been able to describe God fully. The same holds true of ahimsa.

I would like to bury myself in an Indian village, preferably in a Frontier village.

I claim to represent all the cultures, for my religion, whatever it may be called, demands the fulfillment of all the cultures.

It only confirms me in my belief that there is no Swaraj without a settlement with the Mussalmans.

Many could forgo heavy meals, a full wardrobe, a fine house, etcetera. It is the ego they cannot forgo.

A nonviolent person's life is always at the disposal of him who would take it.

Satyagraha, of which civil resistance is but a part, is to me the universal law of life.

I believe in God, not as a theory but as a fact more real than life itself.

Nonviolent action without the co-operation of the heart and the head cannot produce the intended result.

If God holds me to be a pure instrument for the spread of nonviolence in place of the awful violence now ruling the earth, He will give me the strength and show me the way.

Labour is a great leveler of all distinctions.

Khaddar is an attempt to revise and reverse the process and establish a better relationship between the cities and villages.

The pure love of one soul can offset the hatred of millions.

The power of nonviolent resistance can only come from honest working of the constructive programme.

Be congruent, be authentic, be your true self.

The cause is everything. Those even who are dearest to us must be shunted for the sake of the cause.

The very essence of our civilization is that we give a paramount place to morality in all our affairs, public or private.

If it is man's privilege to be independent, it is equally his duty to be inter - dependent.

Ahimsa is my God, and Truth is my God.