Mahatma Gandhi

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world. I believe that they are all God- given and I believe that they were necessary for the people to whom these religions were revealed. And I believe that if only we could all of us read the scriptures of the different faiths from the standpoints of the followers of these faiths, we should find that they were at bottom all one and were all helpful to one another.

I consider myself a Hindu, Christian, Moslem, Jew, Buddhist and Confucian.

Courtesy towards opponents and eagerness to understand their view-point is the ABC of non-violence.

Breach of promise is a base surrender of truth.

One who uses coercion is guilty of deliberate violence. Coercion is inhuman.

There is not a moment when I do not feel the presence of a Witness whose eye misses nothing and with whom I strive to keep in tune.

Generosity consists not the sum given, but the manner in which it is bestowed

Everyone has faith in God though everyone does not know it. For everyone has faith in himself and that multiplied to the nth degree is God. The sum total of all that lives is God. We may not be God, but we are of God, even as a little drop of water is of the ocean.

A friendly study of the world's religions is a sacred duty.

War is an unmitigated evil. But it certainly does one good thing. It drives away fear and brings bravery to the surface.

A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.

The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. Freedom and slavery are mental states.

The person who discovered the law of love was a far greater scientist than any of our modern scientists. Only our explorations have not gone far enough and so it is not possible for everyone to see all its workings.

What is really needed to make democracy function is not knowledge of facts, but right education.

A teacher who establishes rapport with the taught, becomes one with them, learns more from them than he teaches them. He who learns nothing from his disciples is, in my opinion, worthless. Whenever I talk with someone I learn from him. I take from him more than I give him.

Basic education links the children, whether of the cities or the villages, to all that is best and lasting in India.

Education should be so revolutionized as to answer the wants of the poorest villager, instead of answering those of an imperial exploiter.

If we were to drive out the English with the weapons with which they enslaved us, our slavery would still be with us even when they have gone.

I think it would be a good idea.

It amazes me to find an intelligent person who fights against something which he does not at all believe exists.

Adversity is the mother of progress.