Zitat des Tages von Mahatma Gandhi:
I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.
When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.
Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.
The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
Where love is, there God is also.
Truth never damages a cause that is just.
Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians - you are not like him.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.
Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
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.
Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.
The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party.
The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.
Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.
We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.
Sense perceptions can be and often are false and deceptive, however real they may appear to us. Where there is realization outside the senses, it is infallible. It is proved not by extraneous evidence but in the transformed conduct and character of those who have felt the real presence of God within.
If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.
The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.
Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.
There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.
I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.
Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.
Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.
Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.
