Mental violence has no potency and injures only the person whose thoughts are violent. It is otherwise with mental non-violence. It has potency which the world does not yet know.
Mahatma GandhiThe spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular.
Mahatma GandhiIf we had attained the full vision of Truth, we would no longer be seekers, but become one with God, for Truth is God.
Mahatma GandhiThat religion and that nation will be blotted out of the face of the earth which pins its faith on injustice, untruth or violence.
Mahatma GandhiEvery worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph: a beginning, a struggle, and a victory.
Mahatma GandhiI do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.
Mahatma GandhiLove is a rare herb that makes a friend even of a sworn enemy and this herb grows out of nonviolence.
Mahatma GandhiI worship God as Truth only. I have not yet found Him, but I am seeking after Him. I am prepared to sacrifice the things dearest to me in pursuit of this quest. Even if the sacrifice demanded my very life, I hope I may be prepared to give it.
Mahatma GandhiWhen you surrender completely to God, as the only truth worth having, you find yourself in service of all that exists. It becomes your joy and recreation. You never tire of serving others.
Mahatma GandhiIndividual liberty is allowed to man only to a certain extent. He cannot forget that he is a social being and his individual liberty has to be curtailed at every step.
Mahatma GandhiBy using violence to subjugate one another we are using violence against our own souls.
Mahatma GandhiIf we could all give our own definitions of God, there would be as many definitions as there are men and women.
Mahatma GandhiTime is wealth, and the Gita says the Great Annihilator annihilates those who waste time.
Mahatma GandhiI want co-operation between nations for the salvaging of civilization, but co-operation presupposes free nations worthy of co-operation.
Mahatma GandhiOn India rests the burden of pointing the way to all the exploited races of the earth.
Mahatma GandhiIn a plan of life based on nonviolence, woman has as much right to shape her own destiny as man has to shape his.
Mahatma GandhiThere is enough for the need of everyone in this world, but not for the greed of everyone.
Mahatma GandhiWhy should I need an artist to explain a work of art to me? Why should it not speak out to me itself?
Mahatma GandhiAll the religions of the world describe God pre-eminently as the Friend of the friendless, Help of the helpless, and Protector of the weak.
Mahatma GandhiI have not hesitated to call the system of Government under which we are labouring 'satanic' and I withdraw naught out of it.
Mahatma GandhiTo gain India's freedom, the capacity for suffering must go hand in hand with the capacity for ceaseless labour.
Mahatma GandhiHate the sin and not the sinner' is a precept which, though easy enough to understand, is rarely practiced, and that is why the poison of hatred spreads in the world.
Mahatma GandhiThe present war is the saturation point in violence. It spells, to my mind, also its doom.
Mahatma GandhiCreation of effective public opinion depends on the cultivation of true courage, born of truthfulness and nonviolence.
Mahatma GandhiThis belief in the necessity of English training has enslaved us. It has unfitted us for true national service.
Mahatma GandhiNon-co-operation means refusal both to help the sinner in his sin and not to accept any help or gift from him till he has repented.
Mahatma GandhiCompulsory obedience to a master is a state of slavery, willing obedience to one's father is the glory of son ship.
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