3,410 Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

When you practice a life of non-violence you no longer need seek the truth, the truth finds you.

Nonviolence does not admit of running away from danger... . Between violence and cowardly flight I can only prefer violence to cowardice.

I have been repeating over and over again that he who cannot protect himself or his nearest and dearest or their honour by non-violently facing death may and ought to do so by violently dealing with the oppressor. He who can do neither of the two is a burden. He has no business to be the head of a family. He must either hide himself, or must rest content to live for ever in helplessness and be prepared to crawl like a worm at the bidding of a bully.

Ahimsa is my God, and Truth is my God.

I regard untouchability as such a grave sin as to warrant divine chastisement.

This campaign of non-cooperation has no reference to diplomacy, secret or open. The only diplomacy it admits of is the statement and pursuance of truth at any cost.

Peace is its own reward.

There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness.

All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family, and each one of us is responsible for the misdeeds of all the others. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul.