Epigrams From Gandhiji

(Gandhi Quotes on various subjects)

Compiled by: S.R. Tikekar

Published by: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, [1971]

Mahatma Gandhi’s quotations on subjects like truth, nonviolence, Satyagraha, etc., are known universally. But what were his views on copyright? Or what had he to say about a rose or a right angle? It will be amusing and enlightening to know this.

This is a collection of pithy sayings of Mahatma Gandhi on various subjects and important issues for rapid reference. The compiler has selected a few thousand epigrams from Gandhiji’s voluminous writings. The epigrams have been arranged alphabetically and the source of each epigram is given below it.

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

KEY TO SOURCES | GLOSSARY - SOURCES

A	Abstinence \| Abuse \| Action \| Administration \| Advaita \| Affliction \| Africa \| Aggressor \| Agriculture \| Ahimsa \| America \| Anekantvada \| Anger \| Angle \| Appeasement \| Armaments \| Army \| Art \| Asceticism \| Astrology \| Atheist \| Atom Bomb \| Autocracy
B	Banker \| Basic Education \| Beast \| Beauty \| Bhagwad Gita (Gita) \| Birth \| Birth Control \| Blame \| Bone \| Boycott \| Brahmins-Brahminism \| Brave- Bravery \| Brother-Brotherhood \| Brute-Brute Force \| Buddha- Buddhism
C	Calamity \| Capital-Capitalism \| Castles in Air \| Cattle \| Celibacy \| Changeless \| Character \| Charkha (Spinning Wheel) \| Chastity\| Children \| Christ-Christianity \| Citizenship \| Civil Disobedience \| Civilization \| Civil-Resistance \| Cleanliness \| Coercion \| Communism-Bolshevism \| Compromise \| Compulsion \| Concentration \| Conduct \| Confession \| Conscience \| Constructive Programme \| Contentment \| Control \| Conversion \| Cooperation \| Copyright \| Correction \| Corruption \| Cottage Industry \| Courage \| Cow \| Coward-Cowardice \| Creator \| Crime \| Criticism \| Cruel\| Culture
D	Daridranarayana \| Death \| Debt \| Deception \| Defeat \| Defence \| Democracy \| Dependence\| Desire \| Despair \| Destiny \| Devotee-Devotion (Bhakti) \| Diagnosis \| Dignity \| Diplomacy \| Disarmament \| Discipline \| Disease \| Dishonesty \| Distinction \| Distrust \| Divine Rights \| Divinity \| Doctor \| Dominion Status \| Dream\| Drink \| Duty
E	Earning \| Earth \| Earthquake \| Eating \| Economics \| Education \| Effort \| Ego \| Employment \| Enemy \| Englishmen-English Language \| Equality \| Ethics \| Euclid \| Europe \| Evil \| Evolution \| Experiment \| Exploitation
F	Faith \| Fast-Fasting \| Fear-Fearless \| Fight \| Fire \| Flag \| Flattery \| Force \| Foreign-Cloth \| Forgiveness \| Freedom \| Friends-Friendship
G	Gandhism \| Gentleness \| Germany \| Gifts \| God\| Gold \| Golden Rule\| Good-Goodness \| Goondas \| Government of India \| Grave\| Gravitation \| Greatness
H	Handicraft \| Handsome \| Hanuman \| Happiness \| Harijan \| Haste \| Hate-Hatred \| Health\| Helplessness \| Himalayas \| Hindi \| Hindu-Hinduism \| History \| Hitler \| Honesty \| Hope \| Hostility \| Human Dignity \| Human Family \| Humanity \| Human Nature \| Humility \| Hunger \| Hunger-Strike \| Hypocrisy
I	Ideal \| Idleness \| Idol-Idolatry \| Ignorance \| Illiteracy \| Imitation \| Immoral \| Immortal \| Impatience \| Imperialists-Imperialism \| Imposition \| Impossible \| Impression \| Independence \| India-Indians \| Indiscipline \| Individualism \| Inequality \| Inheritance \| Injustice \| Inner Voice \| Innocent \| Interdependence \| Internationalism \| Intolerance \| Iron \| Islam
J	Japan \| Jealousy \| Journalism \| Joy \| Justice
K	Karma Yoga \| Khadi-Khaddar \| Kisan \| Knowledge
L	Labour \| Language \| Law \| Leaders \| Learning \| Legislatures \| Liberation \| Liberty \| Life \| Lions \| Literacy \| Literature \| Lokmanya Tilak \| Love
M	Machine-Machinery \| Mahabharata \| Mahatma \| Majority \| Man-Mankind \| Marriage \| Masses \| Military-Militarization \| Millions \| Mind \| Minority \| Misdeeds \| Missionary \| Mistrust \| Mobs-Mobocracy \| Moral Force-Morality \| Mortification \| Mother-Motherhood \| Mother-Tongue \| Murder \| Museums \| Music
N	Narcotics \| Nation-National-Nationalism \| Nature \| Nature Care \| Non-Cooperation \| Nonviolence
O	Obedience \| Ocean \| Oppression \| Optimist \| Organisation \| Orthodox
P	Parliament \| Passion \| Passive Resistance \| Patience \| Patient \| Patriotism \| Peace \| People \| Perfect-Perfection \| Picketing \| Pledge \| Poetry \| Police \| Politics-Political \| Pomp \| Poor- Poverty \| Possible \| Power \| Prayer \| Preaching \| Prison \| Progress \| Prohibition \| Promise \| Propaganda \| Prophets \| Public Opinion \| Punishment \| Pure-Purity-Purification
R	Rama-Ramayana-Ram Raj \| Rationalism \| Reading \| Realization \| Reason \| Rebellion \| Reform- Reformer \| Regularity \| Religion\| Renunciation \| Repose \| Repression \| Research \| Resolution \| Responsibility \| Restraint \| Retaliation \| Retirement \| Revolutionary \| Reward \| Rich \| Ridicule \| Right \| Right Angle \| Risk \| Rome \| Rose
S	Sacrifice \| Sad \| Saint \| Salt \| Salvation \| Sanitation \| Sanskrit \| Satan \| Satyagraha-Satyagrahi \| Scavenger \| Schools \| Science \| Scriptures \| Self \| Self-Confidence \| Self-Control \| Self-Defense \| Self-Determination \| Self-Government \| Self-immolation \| Self-indulgence \| Selflessness \| Self-Pity \| Self-Realization \| Self-Reliant \| Self-Respect \| Self-Restraint \| Self- Righteousness \| Self-Rule \| Self-Sacrifice \| Self- Suffering \| Self-Supporting \| Self-Surrender \| Service \| Silence \| Simplicity \| Slave-Slavery \| Small Things \| Smoking \| Socialism \| Society \| Soldier \| Sorrow \| Soul-Soul-Force \| Spiritual-Spiritualism \| Starvation \| State \| Strikes \| Strong-Strength \| Struggle \| Student \| Success \| Suffering \| Superiority \| Superman \| Superstition \| Supreme Judge \| Swadeshi \| Swaraj \| Sword
T	Taboo \| Taxation \| Teacher \| Temples \| Temptation \| Terrorism \| Thinking \| Thoughts \| Time \| Tolerance-Toleration \| Tolstoy \| Tools \| Tragedy \| Treachery \| Trust \| Truth
U	Undertaking \| Unity \| Universal \| University \| Untouchability \| Untruth \| Utility
V	Vaccination \| Varnasharam Dharma \| Vedas \| Vegetarianism \| Vice \| Victory \| Villages \| Violence-Himsa \| Virtue \| Vow
W	War \| Waste \| Wealth \| Welfare \| Widow-Widowhood \| Woman \| Work \| World \| Worship \| Wrong
Y	Yajna \| Youth

A	Abstinence \| Abuse \| Action \| Administration \| Advaita \| Affliction \| Africa \| Aggressor \| Agriculture \| Ahimsa \| America \| Anekantvada \| Anger \| Angle \| Appeasement \| Armaments \| Army \| Art \| Asceticism \| Astrology \| Atheist \| Atom Bomb \| Autocracy
B	Banker \| Basic Education \| Beast \| Beauty \| Bhagwad Gita (Gita) \| Birth \| Birth Control \| Blame \| Bone \| Boycott \| Brahmins-Brahminism \| Brave- Bravery \| Brother-Brotherhood \| Brute-Brute Force \| Buddha- Buddhism
C	Calamity \| Capital-Capitalism \| Castles in Air \| Cattle \| Celibacy \| Changeless \| Character \| Charkha (Spinning Wheel) \| Chastity\| Children \| Christ-Christianity \| Citizenship \| Civil Disobedience \| Civilization \| Civil-Resistance \| Cleanliness \| Coercion \| Communism-Bolshevism \| Compromise \| Compulsion \| Concentration \| Conduct \| Confession \| Conscience \| Constructive Programme \| Contentment \| Control \| Conversion \| Cooperation \| Copyright \| Correction \| Corruption \| Cottage Industry \| Courage \| Cow \| Coward-Cowardice \| Creator \| Crime \| Criticism \| Cruel\| Culture
D	Daridranarayana \| Death \| Debt \| Deception \| Defeat \| Defence \| Democracy \| Dependence\| Desire \| Despair \| Destiny \| Devotee-Devotion (Bhakti) \| Diagnosis \| Dignity \| Diplomacy \| Disarmament \| Discipline \| Disease \| Dishonesty \| Distinction \| Distrust \| Divine Rights \| Divinity \| Doctor \| Dominion Status \| Dream\| Drink \| Duty
E	Earning \| Earth \| Earthquake \| Eating \| Economics \| Education \| Effort \| Ego \| Employment \| Enemy \| Englishmen-English Language \| Equality \| Ethics \| Euclid \| Europe \| Evil \| Evolution \| Experiment \| Exploitation
F	Faith \| Fast-Fasting \| Fear-Fearless \| Fight \| Fire \| Flag \| Flattery \| Force \| Foreign-Cloth \| Forgiveness \| Freedom \| Friends-Friendship
G	Gandhism \| Gentleness \| Germany \| Gifts \| God\| Gold \| Golden Rule\| Good-Goodness \| Goondas \| Government of India \| Grave\| Gravitation \| Greatness
H	Handicraft \| Handsome \| Hanuman \| Happiness \| Harijan \| Haste \| Hate-Hatred \| Health\| Helplessness \| Himalayas \| Hindi \| Hindu-Hinduism \| History \| Hitler \| Honesty \| Hope \| Hostility \| Human Dignity \| Human Family \| Humanity \| Human Nature \| Humility \| Hunger \| Hunger-Strike \| Hypocrisy
I	Ideal \| Idleness \| Idol-Idolatry \| Ignorance \| Illiteracy \| Imitation \| Immoral \| Immortal \| Impatience \| Imperialists-Imperialism \| Imposition \| Impossible \| Impression \| Independence \| India-Indians \| Indiscipline \| Individualism \| Inequality \| Inheritance \| Injustice \| Inner Voice \| Innocent \| Interdependence \| Internationalism \| Intolerance \| Iron \| Islam
J	Japan \| Jealousy \| Journalism \| Joy \| Justice
K	Karma Yoga \| Khadi-Khaddar \| Kisan \| Knowledge
L	Labour \| Language \| Law \| Leaders \| Learning \| Legislatures \| Liberation \| Liberty \| Life \| Lions \| Literacy \| Literature \| Lokmanya Tilak \| Love
M	Machine-Machinery \| Mahabharata \| Mahatma \| Majority \| Man-Mankind \| Marriage \| Masses \| Military-Militarization \| Millions \| Mind \| Minority \| Misdeeds \| Missionary \| Mistrust \| Mobs-Mobocracy \| Moral Force-Morality \| Mortification \| Mother-Motherhood \| Mother-Tongue \| Murder \| Museums \| Music
N	Narcotics \| Nation-National-Nationalism \| Nature \| Nature Care \| Non-Cooperation \| Nonviolence
O	Obedience \| Ocean \| Oppression \| Optimist \| Organisation \| Orthodox
P	Parliament \| Passion \| Passive Resistance \| Patience \| Patient \| Patriotism \| Peace \| People \| Perfect-Perfection \| Picketing \| Pledge \| Poetry \| Police \| Politics-Political \| Pomp \| Poor- Poverty \| Possible \| Power \| Prayer \| Preaching \| Prison \| Progress \| Prohibition \| Promise \| Propaganda \| Prophets \| Public Opinion \| Punishment \| Pure-Purity-Purification
R	Rama-Ramayana-Ram Raj \| Rationalism \| Reading \| Realization \| Reason \| Rebellion \| Reform- Reformer \| Regularity \| Religion\| Renunciation \| Repose \| Repression \| Research \| Resolution \| Responsibility \| Restraint \| Retaliation \| Retirement \| Revolutionary \| Reward \| Rich \| Ridicule \| Right \| Right Angle \| Risk \| Rome \| Rose
S	Sacrifice \| Sad \| Saint \| Salt \| Salvation \| Sanitation \| Sanskrit \| Satan \| Satyagraha-Satyagrahi \| Scavenger \| Schools \| Science \| Scriptures \| Self \| Self-Confidence \| Self-Control \| Self-Defense \| Self-Determination \| Self-Government \| Self-immolation \| Self-indulgence \| Selflessness \| Self-Pity \| Self-Realization \| Self-Reliant \| Self-Respect \| Self-Restraint \| Self- Righteousness \| Self-Rule \| Self-Sacrifice \| Self- Suffering \| Self-Supporting \| Self-Surrender \| Service \| Silence \| Simplicity \| Slave-Slavery \| Small Things \| Smoking \| Socialism \| Society \| Soldier \| Sorrow \| Soul-Soul-Force \| Spiritual-Spiritualism \| Starvation \| State \| Strikes \| Strong-Strength \| Struggle \| Student \| Success \| Suffering \| Superiority \| Superman \| Superstition \| Supreme Judge \| Swadeshi \| Swaraj \| Sword
T	Taboo \| Taxation \| Teacher \| Temples \| Temptation \| Terrorism \| Thinking \| Thoughts \| Time \| Tolerance-Toleration \| Tolstoy \| Tools \| Tragedy \| Treachery \| Trust \| Truth
U	Undertaking \| Unity \| Universal \| University \| Untouchability \| Untruth \| Utility
V	Vaccination \| Varnasharam Dharma \| Vedas \| Vegetarianism \| Vice \| Victory \| Villages \| Violence-Himsa \| Virtue \| Vow
W	War \| Waste \| Wealth \| Welfare \| Widow-Widowhood \| Woman \| Work \| World \| Worship \| Wrong
Y	Yajna \| Youth