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Personally I crave not for 'independence', which I do not understand, but I long for freedom from the English yoke.
We believe as much in the purity of races as we think they (the Whites) do...by advocating the purity of all races.
I do not wish my house to be walled and my windows stuffed. I want all cultures to blow freely through my dwelling.
The force generated by nonviolence is infinitely greater than the force of all the arms created by man's ingenuity.
God is certainly one. He has no second. He is unfathomable, unknowable and unknown to the vast majority of mankind.
To prevent the workers from going to their work by standing in front of them is pure violence and must be given up.
My firm belief is that he reveals Himself daily to every human being but we shut our ears to the still small Voice.
Ahimsa was preached to man when he was in full vigor of life and able to look his adversaries straight in the face.
The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
Peace will not come out of a clash of arms but out of justice lived and done by unarmed nations in the face of odds.
The only devils in the world are those running around in our own hearts - that is where the battle should be fought.
A man of faith will remain steadfast to truth even though the whole world might appear to be enveloped in falsehood.
The avowed policy of non-co-operation has been not to make political use of the disputes between labour and capital.
Democracy comes naturally to him who is habituated normally to yield willing obedience to all laws, human or divine.
Hindu Dharma is like a boundless ocean teeming with priceless gems. The deeper you dive the more treasures you find.
A slave- holder, who has decided to abolish slavery, does not consult his slaves whether they desire freedom or not.
A national spirit is necessary for national existence. A flag is a material aid to the development of such a spirit.
The canker has so eaten into the society that in many cases the only meaning of education is a knowledge of English.
I simply want to tell the story of my experiments with truth...as my life consists of nothing but those experiments.
It is no non-violence if we merely love those that love us. It is non-violence only when we love those that hate us.
Man should earnestly desire the well - being of all God's creations and pray that we may have the strength to do so.
The knowledge of the omnipresence of God also means respect for the lives even of those who may be called opponents.
Nonviolent attainment of self-government presupposes a non-violent control over the violent elements in the country.
To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.
Men are good. But they are poor victims making themselves miserable under the false belief that they are doing good.
Yajna having come to us with our birth, we are debtors all our lives, and thus for ever bound to serve the universe.
Unity among the different races and the different religions of India is indispensable to the birth of national life.
Freedom received though the efforts of others, however benevolent, cannot be retained when such effort is withdrawn.
Voluntary service of others demands the best of which one is capable, and must take precedence over service of self.
When anything assumes the strength of a creed, it becomes self-sustained and derives the needed support from within.
To me the Mahabharata is a profoundly religious book, largely allegorical, in a way meant to be a historical record.
It is no religion to have for one's wife a girl who is fit only to sit in one's lap, it is the height of irreligion.
Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth and the soul requires inward restfulness to attain its full height.
My only sanction is the love and affection in which you hold me. But it has its weaknesses, as it has its strengths.
My attempt and prayer are and will be for an honorable peace between belligerent nations in the least possible time.
Basic education links the children, whether of the cities or the villages, to all that is best and lasting in India.
All the four stages in a man's life are devised by the seers in Hinduism for imposing discipline and self-restraint.
Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed � but hate these things in yourself, not in another.
Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.
A democrat must be utterly selfless. He must think and dream not in terms of self or of party, but only of democracy.
Retaliation is counter-poison and poison breeds more poison. The nectar of Love alone can destroy the poison of hate.
Hinduism does not rest on the authority of one book or one prophet, nor does it posses a common creed like the Kalma.
A resolute and wise refusal to take part in festivities will be an incentive for introspection and self-purification.
We Hindus and Mohamedans would have to blame our folly rather than the English, if we allowed them to put us asunder.
The truth is that God is the force. He is the essence of life. He is pure and undefiled consciousness. He is eternal.
If the lambs of the world had been willingly led, they would have long ago saved themselves from the butcher's knife.
Man is not to drown himself in the well of the Shastras, but he is to dive in their broad ocean and bring out pearls.
I once Experimented with marijuna, next thing I know I'm waking up with blood on my hands.......and not my own blood.