MAHATMA GANDHI QUOTES

Quotations from the book : EPIGRAMS FROM GANDHIJI


Epigrams from Gandhiji

GANDHI QUOTES:
Quotations from the book
Epigrams from Gandhiji


Alphabetical Listing

A B C D E F
G H I J K L
M N O P R S
T U V W Y

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Sources/References

Numerals after each epigram refer to the pages of volumes indicated by the following abbreviations. Where publisher is not mentioned, it is Navajivan Publishing House, Ahmedabad.

  • I to XXVI: The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Publications Division
  • A : An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth: M. K. Gandhi; Navajivan  Publishing House, Ahmedabad
  • AA: Asia and the Americas: Monthly Magazine published from New York
  • ABP: Amrita Bazar Patrika: English Daily
  • AG: Among the Great: Dilip Kumar Roy; Nalanda Publications, Bombay, 1945
  • AOA: Ashram Observations in Action: Navajivan Publishing House, Ahmedabad
  • BC: The Bombay Chronicle: Daily newspaper published from Bombay
  • Bunch: A Bunch of Old Letters, J. Nehru (Asia, 1958)
  • CP: Constructive Programme: Its Meaning and Place: M. K. Gandhi; Navajivan Publishing House, Ahmedabad
  • EF: The Epic Fast: Pyarelal, Ahmedabad, 1932
  • ER: Ethical Religion: Mahatma Gandhi; S. Ganesan, Madras, 1930
  • EWE : Evil Wrought by the English Medium, R. K. Prabhu(1958)
  • FYM: From Yeravda Mandir: Ashram Observations: M. K. Gandhi; NavajivanPublishing House,
  • GCG: Gandhi's Correspondence with the Government,1924-44: Navajivan Publishing House
  • GIV : Gandhiin Indian Villages: Mahadev Desai; S. Ganesan, Madras1927
  • H: Harijan: (1933-1956) English Weekly Journal founded by Gandhi,
  • HS: Hind SWARAJ OR Indian  Home Rule: ; Navjivan Publishing House,Ahmedabad
  • MM: Mind of Mahatma Gandhi (Ed. Prabhu & Rao), 3rd Edn., 1968
  • MOG: The Message of the Gita, R. K. Prabhu (1959)
  • MGCG: Mahatma Gandhi: Correspondence with the Government (1959)
  • T: (Followed by Vol. No.) Mahatma (D.G. Tendulkar) Vols. 1-8; 2nd Edn.(1960), Publications Division
  • TIG: Truth is God, Ed. R. K. Prabhu(1955)
Obedience :
  • Obedience to the law of bread labour will bring about a silent revolution in the structure of society. T-4-36
  • Compulsory obedience to a master is a state of slavery, willing obedience to one's father is the glory of son ship. T-4-36
  • Before civil disobedience can be practiced on a vast scale, people must learn of civil or voluntary obedience. T-4-10
  • Reasoned and willing obedience to the laws of the State is the first lesson in non-co-operation. XXV-560
  • A wretched parent who claims obedience from his children, without first doing his duty by them, excites nothing but contempt. T-8-31
  • Democracy comes naturally to him who is habituated normally to yield willing obedience to all laws, human or divine. T-5-104
  • In a nonviolent army, the general and the officers are elected, or are as if elected, when their authority is moral and rests solely on the willing obedience or the rank and file. T-4-298
  • Through khadi we teach people the art of civil obedience to an institution which they have built up for themselves. T-4-10
Ocean :
  • The ocean is composed of drops of water, each drop is an entity and yet is a part of the whole, the 'one and the many'. TIG-147
  • Absolute calm is not the law of ocean. And it is the same with the ocean of life. T-7-190
Oppression :
  • Everyone should realize the secret that oppression thrives only when the oppressed submit to it. T-7-192
Optimist :
  • I am an irrepressible optimist, but I always base my optimism on solid facts. T-2-152
Organization :
  • Organizations, like men, if they are to command respect and grow, must have a sense of honor and must fulfill their promises. T-3-7
  • Personal likes and dislikes, ambitions and petty jealousies should have no place in the Congress organization. T-7-53
Orthodox :
  • The only way by which you and I can wean orthodox Hindus from their bigotry is by patient argument and correct conduct. XXV-514