About Mahatma Gandhi: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is also called Bapu (Gujarati: endearment for "father", "papa") in India.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me. And even though I have to face the prospect of being a minority of one, I humbly believe I have the courage to be in such a hopeless minority.
I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.
I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect.
I might be ready to embrace a snake, but, if one comes to bite you, I should kill it and protect you.
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.
Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.
We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.
In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
A man, whilst he is dreaming, believes in his dream; he is undeceived only when he is awakened from his slumber.
In reality, there are as many religions as there are individuals.
But so long as I lived under a system of Government based on force and voluntarily partook of the many facilities and privileges it created for me, I was bound to help that Government to the extent of my ability when it was engaged in a war, unless I...
Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him....
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says that violence should be resisted not by counter-violence but by nonviolence. This I do by breaking the law and by peacefully submitting t...
Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always.
