Quotes About Gandhi

Within two weeks Gandhi and his friends (old Muslim merchants in carriages and young Christians on foot) had collected ten thousand signatures which were affixed to a petition sent to the Colonial Secretary.

And as was Gandhi's wont, he would not only insist on hygienic and social restraints but would preach to this group the basic ethical rules for the forthcoming march: None was to touch any one's property on the way. They were to bear it patiently if any official or non-official European met them and abused or even flogged them. They were to allow themselves to be arrested if the police offered to arrest them.

Wherever Gandhi went, he transformed situations and lives. As one friend and biographer wrote, "He...changed human beings by regarding them not as what they thought they were but as though they were what they wished to be, and as though the good in them was all of them

I believe a true Hindu in India could never have endorsed the killing of the Mahatma.

I shot for 'Gandhi' for three days and got paid Rs 20,000, which was a huge amount in 1981.

By the time Gandhi met Muhammad Ali in Delhi in April 1915it was, Gandhi said, 'love at first sight.'

As Eleanor Roosevelt observed, "No one can hurt you without your consent." In the words of Gandhi, "They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them." It is our willing permission, our consent to what happens to us, that hurts us far more than what happens to us in the first place. I

Proactive people aren't pushy. They're smart, they're value driven, they read reality, and they know what's needed. Look at Gandhi.

As Eleanor Roosevelt observed, "No one can hurt you without your consent." In the words of Gandhi, "They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them." It is our willing permission, our consent to what happens to us, that hurts us far more than what happens to us in the first place.

I recall Ghandi said ultimately all things devolve into the political, but I'd argue that all things devolve into pro-people and anti-people. And I can pose the question, which side are you on?

King immediately appreciated that Gandhi's theory of nonviolent resistance was not a moralistic affirmation of love, as nonviolence had been in the teachings of Jesus. Instead it was a set of hardheaded tactics to prevail over an adversary by outwitting him rather than trying to annihilate him.

Gandhi reminded those who followed his faith that perhaps its most important aspect was its commitment to oneness.

Rahul Gandhi is very idealistic and a very decent human being. He has real concerns for the downtrodden.

If my idol Mahatma Gandhi could fight to eradicate corruption at the age of 78, why can't I try at 60?

In India, it's hard not to have Gandhi as a hero. To give up everything - including power and money - and to live for his countrymen, that beats everything else. He's a role model of selflessness.

Fat Gandhi was resplendent in what looked to be a yellow zoot suit. "The cash is in that bag?" "It isn't in my underwear," Myron said.

Welcome, Myron Bolitar, to our humble offices." "Nice to be here," Myron said, "Fat Gandhi." This pleased him. "Ah yes, yes. You saw the leaderboard?" "I did." He spread his arms, his triceps flapping in the no-breeze. "Does the name not fit?" "Like a well-tailored sock," Myron said, even though he had no idea what that meant. Fat

Travel like Ghandi, with simple clothes, open eyes and an uncluttered mind.

Although millions of Americans purr with pastel delusions of Mohandas K. Gandhi, those who actually live in the scrawny crank's homeland struggle to throw off the painful aftermath of his quackery.

If treachery is the reward of trust, will the man who trusts come to harm?

The call of the spinning wheel is the noblest of all. Because it is the call of love. And love is Swaraj.

Gandhi has asked that the British Government should walk out of India and leave the Indian people to settle differences among themselves, even if it means chaos and confusion.

What I am afraid of is... Gandhi. He has brains and always tried to put me in the wrong. I have to be on guard and alert all the time.

See, Indira Gandhi was wrong in declaring the Emergency. She tried to put me in jail, but she could not. People voted her back, and I worked with her after that. Even though I was not a member of the Congress, she sought my help on China. You can't have personal vendetta, you see.