M.K Gandhi Quotes

That's always been my philosophy. - I've never thought of the consequences of a necessary action.

This belief in the necessity of English training has enslaved us. It has unfitted us for true national service.

My love of the British is equal to that of my own people.

I will not be a traitor of God to please the whole world.

I don't see the world as something divided between right and left.

Mine is not a religion of the prison-house. It has room for the least among God's creation.

God has enabled man to distinguish between his sister, his mother, his daughter and his wife.

I refuse to indulge in small talk. And compliments, if at all, I save for after the job is done.

If we all discharge our duties, rights will not be far to seek. If leaving duties unperformed we run after rights, they will escape us like a will-o'-the-wisp.

The true battlefield is within.

I don't care if I remain prime minister. I'm only interested in doing a good job as long as I'm capable and for as long as I don't get tired.

Roving dogs do not indicate the civilisation or compassion of the society. They betray on the country the ignorance and lethargy of its members.

My freedom from hatred - I would even claim for myself individually, my love - for those who consider themselves to be my enemies, does not make me blind to their faults.

Death is no fiend, he is the truest of friends. He delivers us from agony.

Ahimsa must express itself through acts of selfless service of the masses.

In a nonviolent army, the general and the officers are elected, or are as if elected, when their authority is moral and rests solely on the willing obedience of the rank and file.

The path of Truth is as narrow as it is straight. Even so is that of ahimsa.

My austerities, fasting and prayers are, I know, of no value if I rely upon them for reforming me. My penance is the prayer of a bleeding heart for forgiveness for sins unwittingly committed.

A prayerful study and experience are essential for a correct interpretation of the scriptures.

Surely, conversion is a matter between man and his Maker who alone knows His creatures' hearts.

I have known many meat eaters to be far more nonviolent than vegetarians.

An institution that suffers from a plethora of leaders is surely in a bad way.

I do not accept the orthodox teaching that Jesus was or is God incarnate in the accepted sense or that he was or is the only Son of God.

The Gita is not for those who have no faith.

Mass civil disobedience is like an earthquake, a sort of general upheaval on the political plane.

When freedom is in jeopardy, non-co-operation may be a duty and prison may be a palace.

My anekantavada is the result of the twin doctrines of satya and ahimsa.

But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.

A heart-felt prayer is not recitation with the lips. It is a yearning from within which expresses itself in every word, every act, nay every thought of people.

The golden rule is to act fearlessly upon what one believes to be right.

My personal religion peremptorily forbids me to hate anybody.

Aggressive civil disobedience should be confined to a vindication of the right of free speech and free association.

Newspapers should be read for the study of facts. They should not be allowed to kill the habit of independent thinking.

God comes to the hungry in the form of food.

Civil disobedience is the inherent right of a citizen.

My respectful study of other religions has not abated my reverence for or my faith in the Hindu scriptures.

A definite forgiveness would mean a definite recognition of our strength.

Mother cow is in many ways better than the mother who gave us birth.

A duty religiously performed carries with it several other important consequences.

I am, and have been for years, a confirmed anti-vaccinationist...I have not the least doubt in my mind that vaccination is a filthy process that is harmful in the end.

Service without humility is selfishness and egotism.

Human nature will find itself only when it fully realizes that to be human it has to cease to be beastly or brutal.

Non-co-operation is protest against an unwitting and unwilling participation in evil.

In His boundless love God permits the atheist to live.

No one has the capacity to judge God. We are drops in that limitless ocean of mercy.

May the work of your hands be a sign of gratitude and reverence to the human condition.

Violent nationalism, otherwise known as imperialism, is a curse.

I condemn, for all climes and for all times, secret murders and unfair methods even for a fair cause.

Purity of life is the highest and truest art.

Mere brave speech without action is letting off useless steam.