Mahatma Gandhi Quotes - Page 4

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.

Intellect takes us along in the battle of life to a certain limit, but at the crucial moment it fails us. Faith transcends reason. It is when the horizon is the darkest and human reason is beaten down to the ground that faith shines brightest and comes to our rescue.

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?

Those who believe religion and politics aren't connected don't understand either.

I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.

You Christians look after a document containing enough dynamite to blow all civilisation to pieces, turn the world upside down and bring peace to a battle-torn planet. But you treat it as though it is nothing more than a piece of literature.

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 to arrest and imprisonment.

Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act which deprived a whole nation of arms as the blackest.

Religions are different roads converging to the same point. What does it matter that we take different road, so long as we reach the same goal. Wherein is the cause for quarreling?

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.

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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.

If we are to make progress, we must not repeat history but make new history. We must add to inheritance left by our ancestors.

I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage.

An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

There is no 'way to peace,' there is only 'peace.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.