Indeed, one perfect resister is enough to win the battle of Right against Wrong.

Man's upward progress means ever increasing difficulty, which is to be welcomed.

If untouchability is an integral part of Hinduism, the latter is a spent bullet.

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

Nothing once begun should be abandoned, unless it is proved to be morally wrong.

Satyagraha is a relentless search for truth and a determination to search truth.

I own no property and yet I feel that I am perhaps the richest man in the world.

A satyagrahi, whilst he is ever ready to fight, must be equally eager for peace.

The power of unarmed nonviolence is any day far superior to that of armed force.

In true democracy every man and woman is taught to think for himself or herself.

Prayer is an impossibility without a living faith in the presence of God within.

There's enough on this planet for everyone's needs but not for everyone's greed.

All the other industries will receive warmth and sustenance from khadi industry.

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.

Machinery is the chief symbol of modern civilization; it represents a great sin.

The patriotic spirit demands loyal and strict adherence to nonviolence and truth.

That prince is acceptable to me who becomes a prince among his people's servants.

One's everyday life is never capable of being separated from his spiritual being.

For a satyagrahi brigade only those are eligible who believe in ahimsa and satya.

Yet even differences prove helpful, where there are tolerance, charity and Truth.

Whoever is victor, there should be, after the war, a commonwealth of all nations.

It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?

The Allah of Islam is the same as the God of Christians and the Ishwar of Hindus.

The essence of true religious teaching is that one should serve and befriend all.

It is an ever-growing belief with me that truth cannot be found by violent means.

I desire no honour if I have to conceal my religious beliefs in order to have it.

History is a record of perpetual wars, but we are now trying to make new history.

Why worry one's head over a thing that is inevitable? Why die before one's death?

Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.

Truth to me is infinitely dearer than the 'mahatmaship' which is purely a burden.

Cow protection means protection of the weak, the helpless, the dumb and the deaf.

One hour spent in spinning should be an hour of self-development for the spinner.

One cannot reach Truth by untruthfulness. Truthful conduct alone can reach truth.

A man of truth must ever be confident, if he has also equal need to be diffident.

If you Christians acted more like your Christ, the world would be a better place.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

Absolute calm is not the law of ocean. And it is the same with the ocean of life.

Ahimsa can be practiced only towards those that are inferior to you in every way.

Between the two, the nationalist and the imperialist, there is no meeting ground.

Live every day like it is your last and learn everyday like you will live forever

Truth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time.

Those who believe religion and politics aren't connected don't understand either.

When two nations are fighting, the duty of a votary of ahimsa is to stop the war.

The richest grace of ahimsa will descend easily upon the owner of hard discipline.

Ahimsa is a science. The word 'failure' has no place in the vocabulary of science.

In man, reason quickens and guides feelings; in brute, the soul lies ever dormant.

A duty religiously performed carries with it several other important consequences.

No man could look upon another as his enemy, unless he first became his own enemy.

The rich cannot accumulate wealth without the co-operation of the poor in society.

I saw that bad handwriting should be regarded as a sign of an imperfect education.

Share This Page