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Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
The truth is that God is the force. He is the essence of life. He is pure and undefiled consciousness. He is eternal.
A democrat must be utterly selfless. He must think and dream not in terms of self or of party, but only of democracy.
The force of nonviolence is infinitely more wonderful and subtle than the material forces of nature, like electricity.
A life without vows is like a ship without an anchor or like an edifice that is built on sand instead of a solid rock.
Exploitation and domination of one nation over another can have no place in a world striving to put an end to all war.
The stability of the State depends upon the readiness of every citizen to subordinate his rights to those of the rest.
Our peaceful non-co-operation must be constructive, non-destructive. Poison should not emerge from the throes of love.
The spinning wheel is itself an exquisite piece of machinery. My head daily bows in reverence to its unknown inventor.
My swadeshi chiefly centers round the handspun khaddar and extends to everything that can be and is produced in India.
In the midst of death life persists, in the midst of untruth, truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists.
I do not want to live at the cost of the life even of a snake. I should let him bite me to death rather than kill him.
If we had attained the full vision of Truth, we would no longer be seekers, but become one with God, for Truth is God.
In Swaraj, based on ahimsa, people need not know their rights, but it is also necessary for them to know their duties.
As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality.
The principle of ahimsa is hurt by every evil thought, by undue haste, by lying, by hatred, by wishing ill to anybody.
Hinduism has absorbed the best of all the faiths of the world and in that sense Hinduism is not an exclusive religion.
A worker's capital is inexhaustible, incapable of being stolen, and bound to pay him a generous dividend all the time.
Creation of effective public opinion depends on the cultivation of true courage, born of truthfulness and nonviolence.
Before civil disobedience can be practised on a vast scale, people must learn the art of civil or voluntary obedience.
Every murder or other injury, no matter for what cause, committed or inflicted on another is a crime against humanity.
In an atmosphere of ahimsa, one has no scope to put his ahimsa to the test. It can be tested only in the face of himsa.
"Do not worry in the least about yourself, leave all worry to God" this appears to be the commandment in all religions.
There is no doubt that our last state will be worse than our first, if we surrender our reason into somebody's keeping.
If you want something really important to be done you must not merely satisfy the reason, you must move the heart also.
Newspapers should be read for the study of facts. They should not be allowed to kill the habit of independent thinking.
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
If we want to impart education best suited to the needs of the villagers, we should take the vidyapith to the villages.
I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings.
All education in a country has got to be demonstrably in promotion of the progress of the country in which it is given.
My opposition to the socialist and the other consists in attacking violence as a means of effecting any lasting reform.
High thinking is inconsistent with a complicated material life based on high speed and imposed on us by mammon worship.
The whole world is in the throes of a new birth. Anything done for a temporary gain would be tantamount to an abortion.
Nonviolent non-co-operators can only succeed when they have succeeded in attaining control over the hooligans of India.
Khaddar has the greatest organizing power in it because it has itself to be organized and because it affects all India.
The satyagrahi strives to reach reason through the heart. The method of reaching the heart is to awaken public opinion.
It is better to resist oppression by violent means than to submit, but it is best of all to resist by nonviolent means.
Man the law-giver will have to pay a dreadful penalty for the degradation he has imposed upon the so called weaker sex.
God cannot be so cruel and unjust as to make the distinctions of high and low between man and man, and woman and woman.
... there are chords in every human heart. If we only knew how to strike the right chord, we would bring out the music.
My own veneration for other faiths is the same as that for my own faith; therefore no thought of conversion is possible
Through Khadi we teach the people the art of civil obedience to an institution which they have built up for themselves.
So long as untouchability disfigures Hinduism, so long do I hold the attainment of Swaraj to be an utter impossibility.
The only way by which you and I can wean orthodox Hindus from their bigotry is by patient argument and correct conduct.
An error can never become true however many times you repeat it. The truth can never be wrong, even if no one hears it.
I call the Lancashire trade immoral, because it was raised and is sustained on the ruin of millions of India's peasants.
The unlimited capacity of the plant world to sustain man at his highest is a region as yet unexplored by modern science.
Let the Gita be to you a mine of diamonds, as it has been to me; let it be your constant guide and friend on life's way.