If we know how much passive violence we perpetrate against one another, we will understand why there is so much physical violence plaguing societies and the world. Mahatma Gandhi More Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi More Quotes From Mahatma Gandhi Freedom and slavery are mental states. Mahatma Gandhi slaveryfreedommotivational 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. Mahatma Gandhi realpeacechildren Government of the people by the people and for the people cannot be conducted at the bidding of one man, however great he may be. Mahatma Gandhi indiamenpeople Democracy comes naturally to him who is habituated normally to yield willing obedience to all laws, human or divine. Mahatma Gandhi yielddemocracylaw Friendship that insists upon agreement on all matters is not worth the name. Friendship to be real must ever sustain the weight of honest differences, however sharp they be. Mahatma Gandhi honestyrealintegrity Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph: a beginning, a struggle, and a victory. Mahatma Gandhi accomplishmentdeterminationstruggle Mass civil disobedience was for the attainment of independence. Mahatma Gandhi attainmentindependencemass I have been known as a crank, faddist, madman. Evidently the reputation is well deserved. For wherever I go, I draw to myself cranks, faddists, and madmen. Mahatma Gandhi crankreputationpeace Anger, lust and such other evil passions raging in the heart are the real untouchables. Mahatma Gandhi passionrealheart Whatever does not exist in the body can't be found in the universe, and whatever exists in the universe can be found in the body. Mahatma Gandhi bodyfounddoe Make injustice visible. Mahatma Gandhi visibleinjustice In doing something, do it with love or never do it at all. Mahatma Gandhi actingmondaylove I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could. Mahatma Gandhi visiontruthpeace Do not flatter yourselves with the belief that a mere recital of that celebrated verse in St. John makes a man a Christian. Mahatma Gandhi beliefchristianmen Woman is more fitted than man to make explorations and take bolder action in ahimsa. Mahatma Gandhi explorationactionmen It is very significant that some of the most thoughtful and cultured men are partisans of a pure vegetable diet Mahatma Gandhi thoughtfulphilosophicalanimal Where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. Mahatma Gandhi patriotismfightingchoices For me, humanitarian service, or rather service of all that lives, is religion. And I draw no distinction between such religion and politics. Mahatma Gandhi humanitariandistinctionlife-is All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth. Mahatma Gandhi moral-growthtruthfaith Illness or disease is only Nature's warning that filth has accumulated in some portion or other of the body; and it would surely be the part of wisdom to allow Nature to remove the filth, instead of covering it up with the help of medicines. Mahatma Gandhi coveringmedicinewarning