“Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?””
“Selfishness is blind.””
“If it had not been for the Christians that I have known I might have been a Christian.””
“Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.””
“A Satyagrahi obeys the laws of society intelligently and of his own free will, because he considers it to be his sacred duty to do so. It is only when a person has thus obeyed the laws of society scrupulously that he is in a position to judge as to which particular rules are good and just and which unjust and iniquitous. Only then does the right accrue to him of the civil disobedience of certain laws in well defined circumstances.””
“Politics envelops us like the coils of a snake and no way out but to wrestle with it””
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, known as Mahatma Gandhi, was a pivotal figure in the Indian independence movement against British rule. Born in 1869 in Porbandar, India, he studied law in London before pr...
“A convert's enthusiasm for his new religion is greater than that of a person who is born in it.””
“Violence is any day preferable to impotence.””
“Where is there a wretch So wicked and loathsome as I? I have forsaken my Maker, So faithless have I been.””
“Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.””
“I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians.””
“Même en exploitant toutes les possibilités du langage, on ne peut pas exprimer toute la complexité d'une pensée.””
“There is no way to peace, peace is the only way””
“We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.””
“The whole world knows that Jesus is a pacifist, except for the Christians.””
“I have already stated publicly that my blessings should be asked for only such marriages where one of the contracting parties is a Harijan. But in reality where is the need for blessings ? Those marriages which are under-taken for the sake of joint service carry their own blessings. Those entered upon for self-satisfaction are wholly unworthy of any.””
“Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty. Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms. To observe morality is to attain mastery over our mind and our passions. So doing, we know ourselves.””
“There should be Truth in thought, Truth in speech, and Truth in action. To the man who has realized this Truth in its fullness, nothing else remains to be known, because all knowledge is necessarily included in it. What is not included in it is not Truth, and so not true knowledge; and there can be no inward peace without true knowledge. If we once learn how to apply this never failing test of Truth, we will at once be able to find out what is worth doing, what is worth seeing, what is worth reading.””
“The lesson was so indelibly burnt into me that a large part of my time during the twenty years of my practice as a lawyer was occupied in bringing about private compromises of hundreds of cases. I lost nothing thereby- not even money, certainly not my soul.””