3,410 Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood.

The power of unarmed nonviolence is any day far superior to that of armed force.

I have even seen the writings suggesting that I am playing a deep game, that I am using the present turmoil to foist my fads on India, and am making religious experiments at India's expense. I can only answer that Satyagraha is made of sterner stuff. There is nothing reserved and nothing secret in it.

It is the law of love that rules mankind. Had violence, i.e. hate, rules us we would have become extinct long ago. And yet, the tragedy of it is that the so-called civilised men and nations conduct themselves as if the basis of society was violence.

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

I may have become Christian, were it not for Christians.

Ahimsa is the height of Kshatriya dharma as it represents the climax of fearlessness.

It's very dangerous to mix up the words natural and habitual. We have been trained to be quite habitual at communicating in ways that are quite unnatural.

I believe it to be perfectly possible for an individual to adopt the way of life of the future. . . without having to wait for others to do so.