Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

Non-violence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.

Whether one or many, I must declare my faith that it is better for India to discard violence altogether even for defending her borders.

I learnt the lesson of nonviolence from my wife, when I tried to bend her to my will. Her determined resistance to my will on the one hand, and her quiet submission to suffering my stupidity involved on the other, ultimately made me ashamed of myself and cured me of my stupidity in thinking that […]

I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.

Intolerance betrays want of faith in one’s cause.

I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.

I look upon an increase of the power of the State with the greatest fear, because although while apparently doing good by minimizing exploitation, it does the greatest harm to mankind by destroying individuality, which lies at the root of all progress. We know of so many cases where men have adopted trusteeship, but none […]

India is to me the dearest country in the world, because I have discovered goodness in it. It has been subject to foreign rule, it is true. But the status of a slave is preferable to that of a slave holder.

Well, India is a country of nonsense.

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.