About Mahatma Gandhi: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is also called Bapu (Gujarati: endearment for "father", "papa") in India.
The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.
Man is supposed to be the maker of his destiny. It is only partly true. He can make his destiny, only in so far as he is allowed by the Great Power.
I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.
Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.
Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
The good man is the friend of all living things.
What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.
A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.
There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.
Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.
Fear has its use but cowardice has none.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
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 patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.
Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.
Non-violence is the article of faith.
