If there was any teacher in the world who insisted upon the inexorable law of cause and effect, it was Gautam, and yet my friends, the Buddhists outside India, would, if they could, avoid the effects of their own acts.
Mahatma GandhiI recall having read, at the brothers' instance, Madame Blavatsky's Key to Theosophy. This book stimulated in me the desire to read books on Hinduism, and disabused me of the notion fostered by the missionaries that Hinduism was rife with superstition.
Mahatma GandhiRetaliation is counter-poison and poison breeds more poison. The nectar of Love alone can destroy the poison of hate.
Mahatma GandhiHindus, if they want unity among different races, must have the courage to trust the minorities.
Mahatma GandhiA nonviolent warrior knows no leaving the battle. He rushes into the mouth of himsa, never even once harbouring an evil thought.
Mahatma GandhiIndia's way is not Europe's. India is not Calcutta and Bombay. India lives in her seven hundred thousand villages.
Mahatma GandhiNon-co-operation enables us to show that in everything that matters we can be independent of the Government.
Mahatma GandhiTo yield to the threat or actual use of violence is a surrender of one's self respect and religious conviction.
Mahatma GandhiGod is the source of Light and Life and yet He is above and beyond all these. God is conscience.
Mahatma GandhiKnowledge gained through experience is far superior and many times more useful than bookish knowledge.
Mahatma GandhiA coward is less than a man. He does not deserve to be a member of a society of men and women
Mahatma GandhiFar better than emasculation would be the bravery of those who use physical force. Far better than cowardice would be meeting one's death fighting.
Mahatma GandhiMy heart rebels against any foreigner imposing on my country the peace which is here called Pax-Britannica.
Mahatma GandhiFreedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
Mahatma GandhiWas it that you wanted to pull my leg by transporting me to the frozen Himalayan heights of 'mahatmaship' and claiming for yourself absolution from having to follow my precepts?
Mahatma GandhiI have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.
Mahatma GandhiIf 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.
Mahatma GandhiMen are good. But they are poor victims making themselves miserable under the false belief that they are doing good.
Mahatma GandhiRamanama can be used only for a good, never for an evil end, or else thieves and robbers would be the greatest devotees.
Mahatma GandhiBravery on the battlefield is impossible for us. Bravery of the soul still remains open to us.
Mahatma GandhiThe whole of India was the home of every Indian who considered himself as one and behaved as such, no matter to what faith he belonged.
Mahatma GandhiA satyagrahi is sometimes bound to use language which is capable of two meanings, provided both the meanings are obvious and necessary and there is no intention to deceive anyone.
Mahatma GandhiEven the most sublime ideas sound ridiculous if heard too often. Be the change that you want to see in the world.
Mahatma GandhiA selfish basis would not serve the purpose of taking a man higher and higher along the paths of evolution.
Mahatma GandhiNon-co-operation and civil disobedience are but different branches of the same tree called satyagraha.
Mahatma GandhiIf we want to cultivate a true spirit of democracy we cannot afford to be intolerant. Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
Mahatma GandhiHe who would in his own person test the fact of God's presence can do so by a living faith.
Mahatma GandhiYou can return blow for blow if you are not brave enough to follow the path of nonviolence.
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