Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having. – Mahatma Gandhi
The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice. – Mahatma Gandhi
What is a man if he is not a thief who openly charges as much as he can for the goods he sells? – Mahatma Gandhi
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory. – Mahatma Gandhi
Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation. – Mahatma Gandhi
Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be inseparable part of our very being. – Mahatma Gandhi
I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul. – Mahatma Gandhi
An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind. – Mahatma Gandhi
Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart. – Mahatma Gandhi
No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive. – Mahatma Gandhi
A vow is fixed and unalterable determination to do a thing, when such a determination is related to something noble which can only uplift the man who makes the resolve. – Mahatma Gandhi
Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life. – Mahatma Gandhi
Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood. – Mahatma Gandhi
There are limits to self-indulgence, none to restraint. – Mahatma Gandhi
They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me-then they will have my dead body, not my obedience. – Mahatma Gandhi
Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth. – Mahatma Gandhi
A No uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a Yes merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble. – Mahatma Gandhi
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
My non-violence bids me dedicate myself to the service of the minorities. – Mahatma Gandhi
My nonviolence does not admit of running away from danger and leaving dear ones unprotected. Between violence and cowardly flight, I can only prefer violence to cowardice. I can no more preach nonviolence to a coward than I can tempt a blind man to enjoy healthy scenes. – Mahatma Gandhi