Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

Satyagraha is a law for universal application. Beginning with the family, its use can be extended to every other circle.

The untouchability of Hinduism is probably worse than that of the modern imperialists.

Nonviolence is impossible without humility.

It is a heavy downpour of rain which drenches the soil to fullness; likewise only a profuse shower of love can overcome hatred.

I have nothing of the communalist in me because my Hinduism is all inclusive.

Even the atheists, who have pretended to disbelieve in God, have believed in Truth.

Adversity is the mother of progress.

All big things are made up of trifles. My entire life has been built on trifles.

God has made of man and woman one complete whole. In the scheme of nature, both of them are equal.

The mind may wander, but let not the senses wander with it. If the senses wander where the mind takes them, one is done for.

It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us. This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good heart whatever they might have to say.

The deepest spiritual truths are always unutterable.

If it had not been for the Christians that I have known I might have been a Christian.

Does not the history of the world show that there would have been no romance in life if there had been no risks?

Purest religion is highest expediency. Many things are lawful but they are not all expedient.

Renunciation means absence of hankering after fruit.

Tolerance is the only thing that will enable persons belonging to different religions to live as good neighbours and friends.

Love requires that true education should be easily accessible to all and should be of use to every villager in this daily life. The emphasis laid on the principle of spending every minute of one's life usefully is the best education for citizenship.

Personally I crave not for 'independence', which I do not understand, but I long for freedom from the English yoke.

The only devils in the world are those running around in our own hearts - that is where the battle should be fought.

I believe that there is no prayer without fasting, and there is no real fast without prayer.

To prevent the workers from going to their work by standing in front of them is pure violence and must be given up.

To reject the necessity of temples is to reject the necessity of God, religion and earthly existence.

Non-cooperation is directed not against men but against measures. It is not directed against the Governors, but against the system they administer. The roots of non-cooperation lies not in hatred but in justice if not in love.

Cow protection to me is one of the most wonderful phenomena in the human evolution.

Every affliction has its own rich lesson to teach, if we would learn it.

Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is endlessly bountiful. Just put forth a clear enough request, and everything your heart desires must come to you.

Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.

If we want to impart education best suited to the needs of the villagers, we should take the vidyapith to the villages.

It's not too late at all. You just don't yet know what you are capable of.

Let us fear God and we shall cease to fear man.

No labour is too mean for one who wants to earn an honest penny.

Hesitating to act because the whole vision might not be achieved, or because others do not yet share it, is an attitude that only hinders progress.

My idea of village SWARAJ is that is a complete republic, independent of its neighbors for its own vital wants, and yet interdependent for many others which dependence is a necessity.

How can one be compelled to accept slavery? I simply refuse to do the master's bidding. He may torture me, break my bones to atoms and even kill me. He will then have my dead body, not my obedience. Ultimately, therefore, it is I who am the victor and not he, for he has failed in getting me to do what he wanted done.

If Swaraj is to be had by peaceful methods, it will only be attained by attention to every little detail of national life.

An opponent is entitled to the same regard for his principles as we would expect others to have for ours. Non-violence demands that we should see every opportunity to win over opponents.

There are times when you have to obey a call which is the highest of all, i.e. the voice of conscience even though such obedience may cost many a bitter tear, and even more, separation from friends, from family, from the state, to which you may belong, from all that you have held as dear as life itself. For this obedience is the law of our being.

Conservation of national sanitation is Swaraj work and it may not be postponed for a single day on any consideration whatsoever.

The message of khaddar can penetrate to the remotest villages if we only will that it shall be so.

I call myself a Sanatani Eternal Hindu, because I believe in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Puranas, and all that goes by the name of Hindu scripture, and therefore in avataras and rebirth.

A leader is useless when he acts against the promptings of his own conscience.

... there are chords in every human heart. If we only knew how to strike the right chord, we would bring out the music.

it's easy to stand in the crowd but it takes courage to stand alone

Satyagraha is a process of educating public opinion, such that it covers all the elements of the society and in the end makes itself irresistible.

My implicit faith in nonviolence does mean yielding to minorities when they are really weak.

It amazes me to find an intelligent person who fights against something which he does not at all believe exists.

To me I seem to be constantly growing. I must respond to varying conditions, yet remain changeless within.