Top 25 Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi of 3171 - Page 52

I would risk violence a thousand times rather than risk the emasculation of the whole race.

I would risk violence a thousand times rather than risk the emasculation of the whole race.

Race, Risk, Violence

Man has regarded woman as his tool. She has learnt to be his tool and in the end found it is easy and pleasurable to be such, because when one drags another in his fall, the descent is easy.

Mahatma Gandhi

Fall, Men, Tools

Mahatma Gandhi (1994). “The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings”, p.303, Grove Press

Every man has an equal right to the necessaries of life even as birds and beasts have.

Mahatma Gandhi

Men, Bird, Beast

Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.124, A&C Black

I have endeavored to show that there is no real service of humanity in the profession of medicine and that it is injurious to mankind.

Mahatma Gandhi

Real, Medicine, Humanity

Mahatma Gandhi (2010). “Hind Swaraj”, p.48, Rajpal & Sons

I am a passionate seeker after truth which is but another name for God.

Mahatma Gandhi

Passion, Names, Passionate

Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.100, Courier Corporation

Education without courage is like a wax statue - beautiful to look at but bound to melt at the first touch of a hot stuff.

Mahatma Gandhi

Beautiful, Hot, Looks

Start changing yourself if you want to change the life around you.

Mahatma Gandhi

Want, Change Yourself, Ifs

True ahimsa should mean a complete freedom from ill-will and anger and hate and an overflowing love for all.

Mahatma Gandhi

Hate, Mean, Ill Will

Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.160, A&C Black

Ahimsa and love are one and the same thing.

Mahatma Gandhi

And Love, Ahimsa

Mahatma Gandhi (1984). “The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words”

The yajna of our age and for us is the spinning wheel.

Mahatma Gandhi

Age, Spinning, Wheels

Mahatma Gandhi (1969). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

The religion of nonviolence is not meant merely for therishis and saints.

Mahatma Gandhi

Saint, Nonviolence

Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.158, Tara Publishing

Nonviolent defence presupposes recklessness about one's life and property.

Mahatma Gandhi

Defence, Nonviolence, Property

Mahatma Gandhi (1986). “The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Truth and Non-Violence”, Clarendon Press

A nonviolent struggle necessarily involves construction on a small scale. It cannot therefore lead to tamas or darkness or inertia.

Mahatma Gandhi

Struggle, Darkness, Construction

No effort is complete without prayer - without definite recognition that the best human endeavor is of no effect if it has not God's blessing behind it.

Mahatma Gandhi

Prayer, Blessing, Effort

Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.32, Courier Corporation

As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality.

Mahatma Gandhi

Religious, Riding, Morality

Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.72, A&C Black

It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head.

Mahatma Gandhi

Order, Broken, Able

Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

Mahatma Gandhi

Courage, Peace, Bravery

Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.203, Courier Corporation

Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.

Mahatma Gandhi

Money, Evil, Political

Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.247, Courier Corporation

Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him.

Mahatma Gandhi

Life, Courage, Brother

Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.81, A&C Black

I was a coward. I used to be haunted by the fear of thieves, ghosts and serpents. I did not dare to stir out of doors at night. Darkness was a terror to me. It was almost impossible for me to sleep in the dark, as I would imagine ghosts coming from one direction, thieves from another and serpents from a third. I could not therefore bear to sleep without a light in the room.

Mahatma Gandhi

Sleep, Dark, Night

Mahatma Gandhi (1948). “Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth”, p.17, Courier Corporation

Truth should be the very breath of our life. When once this state in the pilgrim's progress is reached, all other rules of correct living will come without any effort, and obedience to them will be instinctive.

Mahatma Gandhi

Effort, Progress, Obedience

Mahatma Gandhi (1971). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

There are as many different religions as there are individuals.

Mahatma Gandhi

Different, Individual, Different Religions

It is simple impertinence for any man, or any body of men, to begin, or to contemplate, reform of the whole world.

Mahatma Gandhi

Simple, Men, Reform

Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.78, Courier Corporation

Bravery is not a quality of the body. It is of the soul.

Mahatma Gandhi

Bravery, Soul, Quality

Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.69, Rajpal & Sons

As long as you are trying your very best, there can be no question of failure.

Mahatma Gandhi

Long, Trying

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