Further march of civilization seems to employ increasing domination of man over beast, together with a growingly humane method of using them.
Mahatma GandhiTruth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time. I must continue to bear testimony to truth even if I am forsaken by all. Mine may today be a voice in the wilderness, but it will be heard when all other voices are silenced, if it is the voice of Truth.
Mahatma GandhiThere are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
Mahatma GandhiMy imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.
Mahatma GandhiOur ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.
Mahatma GandhiThere is always the fear of self-righteousness possessing us, the fear of arrogating to ourselves a superiority that we do not possess.
Mahatma GandhiAccording to the letter of the Gita, it is possible to say that warfare is consistent with renunciation of fruit.
Mahatma GandhiThe expert knows more and more about less and less until he knows everything about nothing.
Mahatma GandhiCorruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today.
Mahatma GandhiFor me patriotism is the sme as humanity. I am patriotic because I am human and humane. It is not exclusive. I will not hurt England or Germany to serve India . . . My patriotism is inclusive and admits of no enmity or ill-will.
Mahatma GandhiGod in his wisdom circumscribed man's vision, and rightly too, for otherwise man's conceit would know no bounds.
Mahatma GandhiAll your scholarship, all your study of Shakespeare and Wordsworth would be in vain, if at the same time you do not build your character, and attain mastery over your thoughts and actions.
Mahatma GandhiMy method is conversion, not coercion, it is self-suffering, not the suffering of the tyrant. I know that method to be infallible.
Mahatma GandhiPeace will not come out of a clash of arms but out of justice lived and done by unarmed nations in the face of odds.
Mahatma GandhiI would rather drown myself in the waters of the Sabarmati than harbour hate or animosity in my heart.
Mahatma GandhiOpenness of mind strengthens the truth in us and removes the dross from it, if there is any.
Mahatma GandhiWhatever may be true of the other modes of warfare, insatyagraha it has been held that the causes for failure are to be sought within.
Mahatma GandhiThe only difference between man and man all the world over is one of degree, and not of kind, even as there is between trees of the same species. Where in is the cause for anger, envy or discrimination?
Mahatma GandhiA faith gained in strength only when people were willing to lay down their lives for it.
Mahatma GandhiThe art of dying bravely and with honour does not need any special training, save a living faith in God.
Mahatma GandhiGod is certainly one. He has no second. He is unfathomable, unknowable and unknown to the vast majority of mankind.
Mahatma GandhiIt is easier to bridge the oceans that lie between continents than it is to bridge the gap between individuals or the peoples.
Mahatma GandhiIf your heart acquires strength, you will be able to remove blemishes from others without thinking evil of them.
Mahatma GandhiHe who spins before the poor, inviting them to do likewise, serves God as no one else does.
Mahatma GandhiMen often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something,it makes me incapable of doing it. When I believe I can,I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn’t have it in the beginning.’"Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma GandhiSo long as untouchability disfigures Hinduism, so long do I hold the attainment of Swaraj to be an utter impossibility.
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