Occupation: Civil Rights Leader Birth: October 2, 1869 Death: January 30, 1948
The incident deepened my feeling for the Indian settlers. I discussed with them the advisability of making a test case, if it were found necessary to….
When two nations are fighting, the duty of a votary of ahimsa is to stop the war..
Without proper, careful organisation of the spinning wheel and khaddar, there is absolutely no civil disobedience..
There is no one without faults, not even men of God. They are men of God not because they are faultless, but because they know their faults, they str….
God has no religion..
That which you look upon as your own you may keep only so long as the world allows you to own it..
The sole aim of journalism should be service..
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time th….
I have been practicing, with scientific precision, nonviolence and its possibilities for an unbroken period of over fifty years..
If there is violence, it will certainly be crushed because violence can only end in a disgraceful rout..
I see a clear breach of ahimsa even in driving away monkeys; the breach would be proportionately greater if they have to be killed..
If we are to stand the final heat of the battle, we must learn to stand our ground in the face of cavalry or baton charges and allow ourselves to be ….
Untouchability is a blot on Hinduism. It is a canker eating into its vitals..
[He] alone is truly nonviolent who remains nonviolent even though he has the ability to strike..
A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers..
... we have to learn to use that force (love) among all that lives, and in the use of it consists our knowledge of God. Where there is love there is ….
True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding the true path for ourselves, and fearlessly following it..
In the very act of my non-co-operation, I am seeking their co-operation in my campaign..
I recognise no God except the God that is to be found in the hearts of the dumb millions..
The only difference between man and man all the world over is one of degree, and not of kind, even as there is between trees of the same species. Whe….
It will be hard to find a parallel in history in which unarmed people have represented the urge for freedom, turning their armlessness into the centr….