“Fasting is futile unless it is accompanied by an incessant longing for self-restraint.”
Source: All Men Are Brothers
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Famous Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
Source: Gandhi: Selected Political Writings
Source: The Way to God: Selected Writings from Mahatma Gandhi
Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi
Source: The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts
“Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.”
Source: Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects
Source: The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas
Source: Gandhi: Selected Political Writings
“Self-realization is the object of the Gita, as it is of all scriptures.”
Source: The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi
Source: The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi
Source: Young India, 1924-1926
“One hour spent in spinning should be an hour of self-development for the spinner.”
Source: All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections
“Shraddha means self-confidence and self-confidence means faith in God.”
Source: Collected Works
Source: Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi
Source: Collected Works
“For a firm believer in swadeshi, there need be no Pharisaical self-satisfaction in wearing khadi.”
Source: Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi
Source: With Gandhiji in Ceylon: a journal of the tour with authorised version of all important speeches
Source: Collected Works
Source: Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi
“A courageous man prefers death to the surrender of self-respect.”
Source: Homage to the Departed
Source: Collected Works
“Non-co-operation means nothing less than training in self-sacrifice.”
Source: Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace
Source: Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi
“At the centre of nonviolence is a force which is self-acting.”
Source: The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings
“Nonviolence becomes meaningless if violence is permitted for self-defence.”
Source: Communal Unity
Source: Modern V. Ancient Civilization
“Self-suppression is often necessary in the interest of truth and nonviolence.”
Source: The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts
Source: Collected Works
Source: The Penguin Gandhi Reader
Source: Collected Works
“If we are nonviolent through and through, our nonviolence would have been self-evident.”
Source: Collected Works
“A complete fast is a complete and literal denial of self. It is the truest prayer.”
Source: The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi
Source: Communal Unity
Source: Daridra-Narayana: Edited & Published by Anand T. Hingorani
Source: Satyagraha (non-violent Resistance)
“Swaraj of a people means the sum total of the Swaraj (self-rule) of individuals.”
Source: India of My Dreams
Source: Collected Works
“Every truth is self-acting and possesses inherent strength.”
Source: Collected Works
“The quest of Truth involves tapas-self-suffering-sometimes even unto death.”
Source: Gandhi: Selected Writings
Source: All Religions are True
“Your character must be above suspicion and you must be truthful and self-controlled.”
Source: The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words