Source: Panchayat Raj
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Famous Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
Source: Communal Unity
“Nonviolent action means mobilization of world opinion in our favour.”
Source: Collected Works
Source: Gandhi Against Fascism
“Prayer is the only means of bringing about orderliness and peace and repose in our daily acts.”
Source: The Way to God: Selected Writings from Mahatma Gandhi
“A congregational prayer is a means for establishing essential human unity though common worship.”
“Any imposition from without means compulsion. Such compulsion is repugnant to religion.”
Source: The Way to Communal Harmony
“A satyagrahi exhausts all other means before he resorts to satyagraha.”
Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi
“Swaraj of a people means the sum total of the Swaraj (self-rule) of individuals.”
Source: India of My Dreams
“Swaraj means even under dominion status a capacity to declare independence at will.”
Source: The Essential Writings
“Swaraj for me means freedom for the meanest of countrymen.”
Source: Gandhi: Selected Political Writings
“Swaraj as conceived by me does not mean the end of kingship.”
Source: Socialism of My Conception
“Prosecution of the constructive programme means constructing the structure of Swaraj.”
Source: Collected Works
Source: Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
“It is an ever-growing belief with me that truth cannot be found by violent means.”
“Diversity there certainly is in the world, but it means neither inequality nor untouchability.”
Source: All Religions are True
Source: India of My Dreams
Source: The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi
“A successful bloody revolution can only mean further misery for the masses.”
Source: Collected Works
Source: Gandhi: 'Hind Swaraj' and Other Writings
Source: Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects
“Cow protection means protection of the weak, the helpless, the dumb and the deaf.”
Source: The Way to Communal Harmony
Source: Collected Works
“Means to be means must always be within our reach, and so ahimsa is our supreme duty.”
Source: Gandhi: Selected Political Writings
“By spiritual training I mean education of the heart.”
Source: All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections
“Equality of sexes does not mean equality of occupations.”
Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi
Source: The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi
Source: Collected Works
“Independence means voluntary restraints and discipline, voluntary acceptance of the rule of law.”
Source: The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words
“Complete independence does not mean arrogant isolation or a superior disdain for all help.”
Source: The Essential Writings
“Political power means the capacity to regulate national life through national representatives.”
Source: The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas
“Renunciation means absence of hankering after fruit.”
Source: Gandhi: Selected Writings
Source: Gandhi: Selected Writings
“A definite forgiveness would mean a definite recognition of our strength.”
Source: All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections
Source: Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
Source: The Essential Writings
Source: Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
Source: The Penguin Gandhi Reader
“Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.”
Source: Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore: Being a Treasury of Over Ten Thousand Invaluable and Inspiring Thoughts, Views, and Obervations on about Eight Hundred Subjects of Popular Interest, Collected from the Speeches and Writings of These Three Great Leaders of Modern India
“Patience means self-suffering.”
Source: Gandhi: Selected Political Writings
“If one takes care of the means, the end will take care of itself.”
Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi