3,410 Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

However virile the English language may be, it can never become the language of the masses of India.

In Swaraj, based on ahimsa, people need not know their rights, but it is also necessary for them to know their duties.

There is always enough for the needy, there is never enough for the greedy.

If you're going to be a bear, be a grizzly.

I came in contact with every known Indian anarchist in London. Their bravery impressed me, but I felt that their zeal was misguided. I felt that violence was no remedy for India's ills, and that her civilisation required the use of a different and higher weapon for self-protection. - Hind Swaraj

What is wanted is a deliberate giving up of violence out of strength.

A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favor by serving him. He is doing us a favor by giving us an opportunity to do so.

I travel third-class because there is no fouth-class.

Even swadeshi, like any other good thing, can be ridden to death if it is made a fetish.