Occupation: Civil Rights Leader Birth: October 2, 1869 Death: January 30, 1948
What is truth? A difficult question; but I have solved it for myself by saying that it is what the 'voice within' tells you..
One thing we have endeavoured to observe most scrupulously, namely, never to depart from the strictest facts and, in dealing with the difficult quest….
The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear..
Non-co-operation means nothing less than training in self-sacrifice..
Of all the evils for which man has made himself responsible, none is so degrading, so shocking, or so brutal as his abuse of the better half of human….
Conquer the heart of the enemy with truth and love, not by violence..
Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart..
Nonviolence requires great patience..
A nonviolent occupation is that occupation which is fundamentally free from violence and which involves no exploitation or envy of others..
Such expression is impossible in a cramped atmosphere. As I have no desire to offer civil disobedience I cannot write freely. As the author of satyag….
The one condition for fighting for peace and liberty is to acquire self-restraint..
There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever..
Nonviolence requires more courage than the soldier of war..
One must become as humble as the dust before he can discover truth..
Swaraj as conceived by me does not mean the end of kingship..
The votary of ahimsa has only one fear, that is, of God..
Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it..
Half-a-dozen or twenty cities of India alone working together cannot bring Swaraj..
A customer is the most important visitor on our premises, he is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him..
Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a rudderless ship, bound to break to pieces on coming in contact with the very first rock..
The ally we must cultivate is the part of our enemy which knows the truth..