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The whole of India was the home of every Indian who considered himself as one and behaved as such, no matter to what faith he belonged.
If I had to face only the Sermon on the Mount and my own interpretation of it, I should not hesitate to say, 'O yes, I am a Christian.'
It is no easy task to do away with a thing that is established. We, therefore, say that the non-beginning of a thing is supreme wisdom.
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.
If I am true to myself, if I am true to mankind, if I am true to humanity, I must understand all the faults that human flesh is heir to.
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.
How can I make difference so that I may bring peace to this world that I love and cherish so much? A name flickers instantly in my mind.
Execution of the constructive programme in its entirety means more than Swaraj. It means Ram Raj, Khudai Sultanat or the Divine Kingdom.
Civilization, in the real sense of the term, consists not in the multiplication, but in the deliberate and voluntary reduction of wants.
I refuse to put the unnecessary strain of learning English upon my sisters for the sake of false pride or questionable social advantage.
I know that Buddhism is to Hinduism what Protestantism is to Roman Catholicism, only in a much stronger light, to a much greater degree.
The Enlightened one has told you in never-to-be-forgotten words that this little span of life is but a passing shadow, a fleeting thing.
We have to tackle the triple malady which holds our villages fast in its grip; want of corporate sanitation, deficient diet and inertia.
I do not accept the orthodox teaching that Jesus was or is God incarnate in the accepted sense or that he was or is the only Son of God.
No charter of freedom will be worth looking at which does not ensure the same measure of freedom for the minorities as for the majority.
One who hooks his fortune to ahimsa, the law of love, daily lessens the circle of destruction and to that extent promotes life and love.
I want co-operation between nations for the salvaging of civilization, but co-operation presupposes free nations worthy of co-operation.
The external freedom won't be given to us but in the exact measure as we've known at a given moment, to developing our internal freedom.
Indeed, these errors and my prompt confessions have made me surer, if possible, of my insight into the implications of truth and ahimsa.
Boycott of foreign cloth through picketing may easily be violent; through the use of khadi it is most natural and absolutely nonviolent.
To bear all kinds of tortures without a murmur of resentment is not possible for a human being without the strength that comes from God.
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.
Do not judge others. Be your own judge and you will be truly happy. If you will try to judge others, you are likely to burn your fingers.
It hurts me to think that people in their rush for everything modern despise all their ancient traditions and ignore them in their lives.
Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.
A warrior lives on his wars, whether offensive or defensive. And he suffers a collapse if he finds that his warring capacity is unwanted.
There is no such thing as slow freedom. Freedom is like a birth. Till we are fully free we are slaves. All birth takes place in a moment.
I isolate this non-co-operation from Sinn Feinism, for it is so conceived as to be incapable of being offered side by side with violence.
I contend that non-violent acts exert pressure far more effective than violent acts, for the pressure comes from goodwill and gentleness.
My love of nationalism is that my country may become free, and if need be, the whole of the country die, so that the human race may live.
It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head.
A nonviolent system of government is clearly an impossibility so long as the wide gulf between the rich and the hungry millions persists.
Only my death will determine whether I am 'Mohamed Gandhi', Jinnah's slave, destroyer of the Hindu religion or its servant and protector.
When real independence comes to India, the Congress and the League will be nowhere unless they represent the real opinion of the country.
The fire of independence is burning just as bright in my breast as in the most fiery breast in this country, but ways and methods differ.
Many persons claiming different faiths make us one and an indivisible nation. All these have an equal claim to be the nationals of India.
Nonviolence does not admit of running away from danger... . Between violence and cowardly flight I can only prefer violence to cowardice.
In the name of religion, we force widowhood upon our three lakh girl-widows who could not understand the import of the marriage ceremony.
A nonviolent occupation is that occupation which is fundamentally free from violence and which involves no exploitation or envy of others.
And everyone who wills can hear the Voice. It is within every one. But like everything else it requires previous and definite preparation.
Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man you have seen, and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going to be any use to him.
The Charkha, which is the embodiment of willing obedience and calm persistence, must therefore succeed before there is civil disobedience.
The Charkha in the hands of a poor widow brings a paltry price to her, in the hands of Jawaharlal; it is an instrument of India's freedom.
Education should be so revolutionized as to answer the wants of the poorest villager, instead of answering those of an imperial exploiter.
An awakened people who rely upon their nonviolent strength are independent in the face of any conceivable combination of the armed powers.
There is already enough superstition in our country. No effort should be spared to resist further addition in the shape of Gandhi worship.
Nonviolence which to me is the glory of Hinduism, has been sought to be explained away by our people as being meant for the sanyasis only.
My life is an indivisible whole, and all my attitudes run into one another; and they all have their rise in my insatiable love for mankind.
Journalism should never be prostituted for selfish ends or for the sake of merely earning a livelihood or, worse still, for amassing money.
Self-sacrifice of one innocent man is a million times more potent than the sacrifice of a million men who die in the act of killing others.