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Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.
Prayer is an impossibility without a living faith in the presence of God within.
You assist an administration most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees.
Man's upward progress means ever increasing difficulty, which is to be welcomed.
There's enough on this planet for everyone's needs but not for everyone's greed.
The greatness of a person lies in his heart, not in his head; that is intellect.
If untouchability is an integral part of Hinduism, the latter is a spent bullet.
Prayer presupposes faith. No prayer is in vain. Prayer is like any other action.
Nothing once begun should be abandoned, unless it is proved to be morally wrong.
A satyagrahi, whilst he is ever ready to fight, must be equally eager for peace.
Machinery is the chief symbol of modern civilization; it represents a great sin.
I own no property and yet I feel that I am perhaps the richest man in the world.
In true democracy every man and woman is taught to think for himself or herself.
All the other industries will receive warmth and sustenance from khadi industry.
Could there be a greater proof of our cowardice than fighting amongst ourselves?
Indeed, one perfect resister is enough to win the battle of Right against Wrong.
Swaraj of a people means the sum total of the Swaraj (self-rule) of individuals.
All big things are made up of trifles. My entire life has been built on trifles.
Satyagraha is a relentless search for truth and a determination to search truth.
The power of unarmed nonviolence is any day far superior to that of armed force.
Virtue lies in being absorbed in one's prayers in the presence of din and noise.
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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.
The Allah of Islam is the same as the God of Christians and the Ishwar of Hindus.
Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.
Absolute calm is not the law of ocean. And it is the same with the ocean of life.
When two nations are fighting, the duty of a votary of ahimsa is to stop the war.
The patriotic spirit demands loyal and strict adherence to nonviolence and truth.
Yet even differences prove helpful, where there are tolerance, charity and Truth.
It is an ever-growing belief with me that truth cannot be found by violent means.
A man of truth must ever be confident, if he has also equal need to be diffident.
Truth to me is infinitely dearer than the 'mahatmaship' which is purely a burden.
Between the two, the nationalist and the imperialist, there is no meeting ground.
Whoever is victor, there should be, after the war, a commonwealth of all nations.
One hour spent in spinning should be an hour of self-development for the spinner.
History is a record of perpetual wars, but we are now trying to make new history.
Cow protection means protection of the weak, the helpless, the dumb and the deaf.
If you Christians acted more like your Christ, the world would be a better place.
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.
Why worry one's head over a thing that is inevitable? Why die before one's death?
For a satyagrahi brigade only those are eligible who believe in ahimsa and satya.
The essence of true religious teaching is that one should serve and befriend all.
I desire no honour if I have to conceal my religious beliefs in order to have it.
One cannot reach Truth by untruthfulness. Truthful conduct alone can reach truth.
Ahimsa can be practiced only towards those that are inferior to you in every way.