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I would risk violence a thousand times rather than risk the emasculation of the whole race.

I would risk violence a thousand times rather than risk the emasculation of the whole race.

Mahatma Gandhi
Race, Risk, Violence

Man has regarded woman as his tool. She has learnt to be his tool and in the end found it is easy and pleasurable to be such, because when one drags another in his fall, the descent is easy.

Mahatma Gandhi
Fall, Men, Tools
Mahatma Gandhi (1994). “The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings”, p.303, Grove Press

Every man has an equal right to the necessaries of life even as birds and beasts have.

Mahatma Gandhi
Men, Bird, Beast
Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.124, A&C Black

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
Real, Medicine, Humanity
Mahatma Gandhi (2010). “Hind Swaraj”, p.48, Rajpal & Sons

I am a passionate seeker after truth which is but another name for God.

Mahatma Gandhi
Passion, Names, Passionate
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.100, Courier Corporation

Education without courage is like a wax statue - beautiful to look at but bound to melt at the first touch of a hot stuff.

Mahatma Gandhi
Beautiful, Hot, Looks

Start changing yourself if you want to change the life around you.

Mahatma Gandhi
Want, Change Yourself, Ifs

True ahimsa should mean a complete freedom from ill-will and anger and hate and an overflowing love for all.

Mahatma Gandhi
Hate, Mean, Ill Will
Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.160, A&C Black

Ahimsa and love are one and the same thing.

Mahatma Gandhi
And Love, Ahimsa
Mahatma Gandhi (1984). “The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words”

The yajna of our age and for us is the spinning wheel.

Mahatma Gandhi
Age, Spinning, Wheels
Mahatma Gandhi (1969). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

The religion of nonviolence is not meant merely for therishis and saints.

Mahatma Gandhi
Saint, Nonviolence
Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.158, Tara Publishing

Nonviolent defence presupposes recklessness about one's life and property.

Mahatma Gandhi
Defence, Nonviolence, Property
Mahatma Gandhi (1986). “The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Truth and Non-Violence”, Clarendon Press

A nonviolent struggle necessarily involves construction on a small scale. It cannot therefore lead to tamas or darkness or inertia.

Mahatma Gandhi
Struggle, Darkness, Construction

No effort is complete without prayer - without definite recognition that the best human endeavor is of no effect if it has not God's blessing behind it.

Mahatma Gandhi
Prayer, Blessing, Effort
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.32, Courier Corporation

As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality.

Mahatma Gandhi
Religious, Riding, Morality
Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.72, A&C Black

It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head.

Mahatma Gandhi
Order, Broken, Able
Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

Mahatma Gandhi
Courage, Peace, Bravery
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.203, Courier Corporation

Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.

Mahatma Gandhi
Money, Evil, Political
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.247, Courier Corporation

Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him.

Mahatma Gandhi
Life, Courage, Brother
Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.81, A&C Black

I was a coward. I used to be haunted by the fear of thieves, ghosts and serpents. I did not dare to stir out of doors at night. Darkness was a terror to me. It was almost impossible for me to sleep in the dark, as I would imagine ghosts coming from one direction, thieves from another and serpents from a third. I could not therefore bear to sleep without a light in the room.

Mahatma Gandhi
Sleep, Dark, Night
Mahatma Gandhi (1948). “Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth”, p.17, Courier Corporation

Truth should be the very breath of our life. When once this state in the pilgrim's progress is reached, all other rules of correct living will come without any effort, and obedience to them will be instinctive.

Mahatma Gandhi
Effort, Progress, Obedience
Mahatma Gandhi (1971). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

There are as many different religions as there are individuals.

Mahatma Gandhi
Different, Individual, Different Religions

It is simple impertinence for any man, or any body of men, to begin, or to contemplate, reform of the whole world.

Mahatma Gandhi
Simple, Men, Reform
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.78, Courier Corporation

Bravery is not a quality of the body. It is of the soul.

Mahatma Gandhi
Bravery, Soul, Quality
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.69, Rajpal & Sons

As long as you are trying your very best, there can be no question of failure.

Mahatma Gandhi
Long, Trying