Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.
Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.
Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.
Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.
I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.
Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.
Truth never damages a cause that is just.
Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.
When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.
Peace is its own reward.
A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.
I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.
Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles but today it means getting along with people.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.
Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.
One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.
It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.
Those who know how to think need no teachers.
Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment.
Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
The good man is the friend of all living things.
There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.
Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul.
The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.
Each one prays to God according to his own light.
If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.
Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.
My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.
If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.
My life is my message.
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love it is the prerogative of the brave.
Fear has its use but cowardice has none.
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
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Morality is contraband in war.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
Non-violence is the article of faith.
Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.
Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.
In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary the evil it does is permanent.
God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us.
Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies.
Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.
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.
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.
Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.
Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.
Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.
The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.
It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.