M.K Gandhi Quotes
Non-violence does not signify that man must not fight against the enemy, and by enemy is meant the evil which men do, not the human beings themselves.
Responsibility will mellow and sober the youth and prepare them, for the burden they must discharge.
Truth is self-evident, nonviolence is its maturest fruit. It is contained in truth, but is not self-evident.
If people knew the working of the law of truth and nonviolence, then they would themselves regulate the matter of its shortage.
Love is needed to strengthen the weak; love becomes tyrannical when it exacts obedience from an unbeliever.
If you want to play your part in the world's affairs, you must refuse to deck yourselves for pleasing man.
This feeling of helplessness in us has arisen from our deliberate dismissal of God from our common affairs.
The taking of vows that are not feasible or that are beyond one's capacity would betray thoughtlessness and want of balance.
To answer brutality with brutality is to admit one's moral and intellectual bankruptcy.
A country whose culture is based on nonviolence will find it necessary to have every home as much self-contained as possible.
The man or the woman who can display the nonviolence of the brave can easily stand against as external invasion.
The rishis, who discovered the law of nonviolence in the midst of violence, were greater geniuses than Newton.
The whole world is in the throes of a new birth. Anything done for a temporary gain would be tantamount to an abortion.
A satyagrahi has no other stay but God, and he who has any other stay or depends on any other help cannot offer satyagraha.
A civilization based on nonviolence must be different from that organized for violence.
The votaries of nonviolence cannot harbour violence even in thought, let alone the question of doing it.
The practice of truth and nonviolence melted religious differences, and we learnt to see beauty in each religion.
A democrat must be utterly selfless. He must think and dream not in terms of self or of party, but only of democracy.
We shall make progress towards Swaraj only if we do everything thoughtfully and with understanding.
External fears cease of their own accord when once we have conquered these traitors within the camp.
To conceal ignorance is to increase it. An honest confession of it, however, gives ground for the hope that it will diminish some day or the other.
A fearless woman who knows that her purity is her best shield can never be dishonoured.
The avowed policy of non-co-operation has been not to make political use of the disputes between labour and capital.
The Bhagavadgita is a gospel of non-co-operation between the forces of darkness and those of light.
It took Britain half the resources of the planet to achieve its prosperity; how many planets will a country like India require?
A slave- holder, who has decided to abolish slavery, does not consult his slaves whether they desire freedom or not.
No police officer could compel a satyagrahi to give evidence against a person who has confessed to him. A satyagrahi would never be guilty of a betrayal of trust.
The lower animals are our brethren. I include among them the lion and the tiger. We do not know how to live with these carnivorous beasts and poisonous reptiles because of our ignorance.
The propagation of truth and nonviolence can be done less by books than by actually living on those principles.
A nonviolent struggle necessarily involves construction on a small scale. It cannot therefore lead to tamas or darkness or inertia.
A rose will smell as sweet by any other name, but it must be the rose of liberty that I want and not the artificial product.
Compulsory obedience to a master is a state of slavery, willing obedience to one's father is the glory of son ship.