“it appears that, as is the case in our time with the ills of all nations, the reason lies in the lack of a reasonable religious teaching which by explaining the meaning of life would supply a supreme law for the guidance of conduct and would replace the more than dubious precepts of pseudo-religion and pseudo-science with the immoral conclusions deduced from them and commonly called 'civilization'. ”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“I simply want to tell the story of my numerous experiments with Truth, and as my life consists of nothing but those experiments; it is true that the story will take the shape of an autobiography.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then they will have my dead body, but not my obedience.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“If you don't find God in the next person you meet, it is a waste of time looking for him further.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“I realized that it was not as easy to commit suicide as to contemplate it. And since then, whenever I have heard of someone threatening to commit suicide, it has had little or no effect on me.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“The only tyrant I accept is the still, small voice within me.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“Compassion is a muscle that gets stronger with use.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“Every home is a university and the parents are the teachers.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“Homeopathy cures a larger percentage of cases than any other form of treatment and is beyond doubt safer and more economical.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“Nothing has saddened me so much in life as the hardness of heart of educated people.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“Where choice is set between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence ... I prefer to use arms in defense of honor rather than remain the vile witness of dishonor...”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“The various religions
are like different roads
converging on the same point.
What difference does it make
if we follow different routes,
provided we arrive
at the same destination?”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
