M.K Gandhi Quotes

Whatever may be the pros and cons of going to the public theatre, it is a patent fact that it has undermined the morals and ruined the character of many a youth in his country.

There is no "playing with truth" in the Charkha programme, for satyagraha is not predominantly civil disobedience but a quiet and irresistible pursuit of Truth.

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

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

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

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

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

Some form of common worship and a common place of worship appear to be a human necessity.

I regard Duryodhana and his party as the baser impulses in man, and Arjuna and his party as the higher impulses.

The spirit of non-violence necessarily leads to humility. Non-violence means reliance on God, the rock of ages. If we would seek his aid, we must approach Him with a humble and contrite heart.

For me the only certain means of knowing God is nonviolence, ahimsa, love.

Real suffering bravely borne, melts even a heart of stone. Such is the potency of suffering. And there lies the key to Satyagraha.

Bravery on the battlefield is impossible for us. Bravery of the soul still remains open to us.

True art must be evidence of happiness, contentment and purity of its authors.

Fasting is futile unless it is accompanied by an incessant longing for self-restraint.

God of Truth and Justice can never create distinctions of high and low among His own children.

If we are to make progress, we must not repeat history but make new history. We must add to inheritance left by our ancestors.

A true Brahmachari will not even dream of satisfying the fleshly appetite

Intolerance is a species of violence and therefore against our creed.

It is also a warning. It is a warning that, if nobody reads the writing on the wall, man will be reduced to the state of the beast, whom he is shaming by his manners.

My politics is my religion, my religion is my politics.

Selfishness is blind.

In fact, it is more correct to say that Truth is God, than to say that God is Truth.

Truth is like a vast tree which yields more and more fruit the more you nurture it. The deeper the search in the mind of truth, the richer the discovery of the gems buried there.

I am not built for academic writings. Action is my domain.

The heart of vegetarians is healed sooner than those of flesh-eaters.

…the designation of wife in India, of the Hindu wife, is higher and grander than that of Empress. She is called Devi

In international commerce, India is an ancient country-(19th October, 1899)

Since the early beginning of history, India has been the Klondyke of the world

You can't hurt me without my permission.

We no longer have a choice between violence and non-violence. The choice of today stands between nonviolence or non-existence.

Priorities lie in your actions

Non-cooperation with tyrants is a duty.

If you do what you enjoy doing you'll never have to work hard.

As a rule I had a distaste for any reading beyond my school books.

If India becomes the slave of the machine, then, I say, heaven save the world.

That which impels man to do the right thing is God.

If we were to drive out the English with the weapons with which they enslaved us, our slavery would still be with us even when they have gone.

It is the law of love that rules mankind.

Islam appeals to people because it appeals also to reason.

The British are weak in numbers, we are weak in spite of our numbers.

My motto is "Unite now, today if you can; fight if you must. But in every case avoid British intervention."

Will Great Britain have an unwilling India dragged into war or a willing ally co-operating with her in the prosecution of a defence of true democracy?

Boycott brought about anyhow of British cloth cannot yield the same results as such boycott brought about by hand-spinning and khaddar.

The story of the creation and similar things in it did not impress me very much, but on the contrary made me incline somewhat towards atheism.

In the days of democracy there is no such thing as active loyalty to a person. You are, therefore, loyal or disloyal to institutions.

But the fact that I had learnt to be tolerant to other religions did not mean that I had any living faith in God.

On India rests the burden of pointing the way to all the exploited races of the earth.

When the fear of jail disappears, repression puts heart into the people.

If India is not to declare spiritual bankruptcy, religious instruction of its youth must be held to be at least as necessary as secular instruction.