“A man of faith does not bargain or stipulate with God.”
Source: Collected Works
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Famous Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
“Justice does not help those who slumber but helps only those who are vigilant.”
Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi
Source: All Men Are Brothers
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
Source: Gandhi: Selected Writings
Source: Gandhi: Selected Political Writings
“The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.”
Source: Young India
Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi
“Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.”
Source: Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi
“The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.”
Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi
“God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.”
Source: Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects
“I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.”
Source: All Men Are Brothers
Source: The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts
“Jealousy does not wait for reasons.”
Source: Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
Source: The Essential Writings
Source: The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts
Source: All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections
“My nonviolence does not admit of running away from danger and leaving the dear ones unprotected.”
Source: The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words
“The fullest application of ahimsa does make life impossible.”
“He who spins before the poor, inviting them to do likewise, serves God as no one else does.”
Source: Hindu Dharma
“What senseless violence does is to prolong the lease of life of the British or foreign rule.”
“My implicit faith in nonviolence does mean yielding to minorities when they are really weak.”
Source: The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words
“God does not punish directly. His ways are inscrutable.”
Source: The Essential Writings
“He is no God who merely satisfies the intellect, if He ever does.”
“When a man wants to make up with his Maker, he does not consult a third party.”
Source: Collected Works
“Often does good come out of evil. But that is God's, not man's plan.”
Source: All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections
“Imperialism is a negation of God. It does ungodly acts in the name of God.”
Source: Communal Unity
Source: Gandhi: Selected Writings
Source: Hindu Dharma
“Khaddar does not displace a single cottage industry.”
Source: Is India Different?: The Class Struggle in India : Correspondence on the Indian Labour Movement and Modern Conditions
“Khadi will cease to have any value in my eyes if it does not usefully employ the millions.”
Source: Collected Works
Source: Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi
“Man does not live by destruction.”
Source: Gandhi: Selected Writings
“A man who wants to control his animal passions easily does so if he controls his palate.”
Source: The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings
“Repression does for a true man or a nation what fire does for gold.”
Source: Collected Works
“Nonviolence or soul force does not need physical aids for its propagation of effect.”
Source: Collected Works
“Nonviolence does not require any outside or outward training.”
Source: The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi
“My nonviolence does recognize different species of violence, defensive and offensive.”
Source: Collected Works
“My creed of nonviolence does not favour the punishment of thieves and dacoits and even murderers.”
Source: Young India
“Himsa does not need to be taught, Man as animal is violent, but as spirit is nonviolent.”
Source: Gandhi: Selected Writings
“Satyagraha does not depend on outside help, it derives all its strength from within.”
Source: Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects
“Satyagraha does not begin and end with civil disobedience.”
Source: The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation
Source: Collected Works