Kasturba Gandhi Quotes

A popular government wields a moral force, which is infinitely superior to the physical force that the foreign government could summon to its assistance. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

A man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes. - Gandhi ~ Zak Ebrahim

I want freedom for the full expression of my personality. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

It is impossible to wait and weigh, in golden scales, the sentiments of prejudice and superstition that have gathered round the priests who are considered to be the custodians of Hinduism. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

He who is ever brooding over result often loses nerve in the performance of his duty. He becomes impatient and then gives vent to anger and begins to do unworthy things; he jumps from action to action never remaining faithful to any. He who broods over results is like a man given to objects of senses; he is ever distracted, he says goodbye to all scruples, everything is right in his estimation and he therefore resorts to means fair and foul to attain ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Dining and marriage restrictions stunt Hindu society. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Non -violence is infinitely superior to violence , forgiveness is more manly than punishment. Forgiveness is the ornament. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Sri Yukteswar used to poke gentle fun at the commonly inadequate conceptions of renunciation."A beggar cannot renounce wealth," Master would say. "If a man laments: 'My business has failed; my wife has left me; I will renounce all and enter a monastery,' to what worldly sacrifice is he referring? He did not renounce wealth and love; they renounced him!"Saints like Gandhi, on the other hand, have made not only tangible material sacrifices, but also the more difficult renunciation of selfish motive and private goal, merging their inmost being in the stream of humanity as a whole. ~ Paramahansa Yogananda

There is no such thing as 'too insane' unless others turn up dead due to your actions. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

There is no god greater than truth. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

True beauty lies in purity of the heart. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

The control of the palate is a valuable aid for the control of the mind. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Although I was too tactful to ask about politics or religion, I learned that she was socially and economically progressive. She believed in birth control, gun control, and rent control; she believed in the liberation of homosexuals and civil rights for all; she believed in Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Thich Nhat Hanh; she believed in nonviolence, world peace, and yoga; she believed in the revolutionary potential of disco and the United Nations of nightclubs; she believed in national self-determination for the Third World as well as liberal democracy and regulated capitalism, which was, she said, to believe that the invisible hand of the market should wear the kid glove of socialism. Her ~ Viet Thanh Nguyen

My life has been full of external tragedies and if they have not left any visible effect on me, I owe it to the teaching of the Bhagavadgita. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

I abhor vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

I am the only one, whom you may find it hard to get rid of, for I have always counted myself as a woman. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

To me, God is Truth and Love; God is ethics and morality: God is fearlessness. God is the source of Light and Life and yet He is above and beyond all these. God is conscience ... He is a personal God to those who need His personal presence. He is embodied to those who need His touch. He is the purest essence. He simply is to those who have faith. He is all things to all men. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Truth and ahimsa will never be destroyed. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

All faiths constitute a revelation of Truth, but all are imperfect and liable to error. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Never own defeat in a sacred cause and make up your minds henceforth that you will be pure and that you will find a response from God. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Every Hindu boy and girl should possess sound Samskrit learning. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

There is no occasion for women to consider themselves subordinate or inferior to man ~ Mahatma Gandhi

God has so ordered this world that no one can keep his goodness or badness exclusively to himself. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

I have endeavored to show that there is no real service of humanity in the profession of medicine and that it is injurious to mankind. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

We are all the product of our minds and why Gandhi said ... Become the change we want to see. Because if we don't change our minds for the better ... we will never see the changes in humanity. ~ Timothy Pina

Truth triumphs, even if there be no public support. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

I desire no honour if I have to conceal my religious beliefs in order to have it. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

To be the person you always wanted to be, do the right things with love. ~ Debasish Mridha

A wretched parent who claims obedience from his children, without first doing his duty by them, excites nothing but contempt. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

The true battlefield is within. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Voltaire once wrote, "Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers." Sir Francis Bacon added, "A prudent question is one-half of wisdom." Indira Gandhi concluded that "the power to question is the basis of all human progress." Great questions are clearly the quickest path to great answers. ~ Gary Keller

To remove untouchability is a penance that caste Hindus owe to Hinduism and to themselves. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

To express your love for the universe, be like a cloud to dwell in the high altitudes, and never forget to transform yourself into the water of humility. ~ Debasish Mridha

The woman who knows and fulfils her duty realizes her dignified status. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Democracy and violence can ill go together. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

India absorbs things; India's not a divisive place. ~ Rahul Gandhi