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What crimes, for which we condemn the Government as satanic, have not we been guilty of towards our own untouchable brethren?

What crimes, for which we condemn the Government as satanic, have not we been guilty of towards our own untouchable brethren?

Mahatma Gandhi
Government, Satanic, Guilty
Mahatma Gandhi (1966). “Collected Works: (1920:Nov.-1921:Apr.)”

Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my hardest to become a saint.

Mahatma Gandhi
Men, Trying My Hardest, Political
Mahatma Gandhi (1951). “A Day Book of Thoughts from Mahatma Gandhi”

I regard myself as a soldier, though a soldier of peace.

Mahatma Gandhi
Soldier, Regard
Speech at Victoria Hall, Geneva, December 10, 1931.

It is wonderful, if we chose the right diet, what an extraordinarily small quantity would suffice.

Mahatma Gandhi
Wonderful, Quantity, Diets
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

If I could wake all of the women of Asia, India could be won in a day.

Mahatma Gandhi
India, Asia, If I Could

Much that we hug today as knowledge is ignorance pure and simple. It makes the mind wander and even reduces it to a vacuity.

Mahatma Gandhi
Ignorance, Simple, Hug
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1986). “The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation”, Clarendon Press

As a splendid palace deserted by its inmates looks like a ruin, so does a man without character, all his material belongings notwithstanding.

Mahatma Gandhi
Character, Men, Doe
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.107, Courier Corporation

The Attainment of freedom, whether for a person, a nation or a world, must be in exact proportion to the attainment of nonviolence for each

Mahatma Gandhi
World, Proportion, Being At Peace

The path is the goal.

Mahatma Gandhi
Spiritual, Goal, Path

True art takes note not merely of form but also of what lies behind.

Mahatma Gandhi
Art, Lying, Form
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.159, Courier Corporation

Death is no fiend, he is the truest of friends. He delivers us from agony.

Mahatma Gandhi
Death, Agony, Truest
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.37, Courier Corporation

Is not education the art of drawing out full manhood of the children under training?

Mahatma Gandhi
Education, Art, Children
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.

Mahatma Gandhi
Anger, Abuse, Betrayed
Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi”

Better than cowardice is killing and being killed in battle.

Mahatma Gandhi
Courage, Battle, Violence
Mahatma Gandhi (1950). “Hindu Dharma”

Forgiveness is the virtue of the brave.

Mahatma Gandhi
Brave, Virtue
Gandhi (Mahatma) (1965). “Collected works”

Truth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time. I must continue to bear testimony to truth even if I am forsaken by all. Mine may today be a voice in the wilderness, but it will be heard when all other voices are silenced, if it is the voice of Truth.

Mahatma Gandhi
Voice, May, Today
Mahatma Gandhi (1982). “Collected Works”

I well remember how the thoughts I had up to the time of my discharge from the jail on every occasion were modified immediately after discharge, and after getting first-hand information myself. Somehow or other the jail atmosphere does not allow you to have all the bearings in your mind.

Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom, Jail, Hands
Mahatma Gandhi (2012). “The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas”, p.158, Vintage

Kaffirs are as a rule uncivilized - the convicts even more so. They are troublesome, very dirty and live almost like animals.

Mahatma Gandhi
Dirty, Animal, Uncivilized
Mahatma Gandhi (1962). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

The music of life is in danger of being lost in the music of the voice.

Mahatma Gandhi
Life, Voice, Speech
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

I do not like the word tolerance, but could not think of a better one. Tolerance implies a gratuitous assumption of the inferiority of other faiths to one

Mahatma Gandhi
Thinking, Tolerance, Inferiority
Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Gita: The Mother”, Lahore, India : Indian Printing Works

What the eyes are for the outer world, fasts are for the inner.

Mahatma Gandhi
Eye, Fasting, World
Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Fasting in Satyagraha: Its Use and Abuse”

Faith is not imparted like secular subjects. It is given through the language of the heart.

Mahatma Gandhi
Faith, Heart, Religion
Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.244, Rajpal & Sons

I know that I have still before me a difficult path to traverse. I must reduce myself to zero. So long as a man does not of his own free will put himself last among his fellow creatures, there is no salvation for him. Ahimsa is the farthest limit of humility.

Mahatma Gandhi
Zero, Humility, Men
Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.35, A&C Black

For my own part, I do not want the freedom of India if it means extinction of English or the disappearance of Englishmen.

Mahatma Gandhi
Mean, India, Want
Mahatma Gandhi (1984). “The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words”

I claim to have been a lifelong and wholly disinterested friend of the British people.

Mahatma Gandhi
People, Language, Claims
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.100, Courier Corporation