Mahatma Gandhi Quotes About Dignity

• Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Strength, Leadership

• The truest test of civilization, culture and dignity is character and not clothing.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Character, Civilization, Culture

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

• It is beneath human dignity to lose one's individuality and become a mere cog in the machine.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Individuality, Cogs, Machines

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.134, Courier Corporation

• It is derogatory to the dignity of mankind, it is derogatory to the dignity of India, to entertain for one single moment hatred towards Englishmen.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Single Mom, Hatred, India

  Mahatma Gandhi (1968). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

• Our existence as embodied beings is purely momentary; what are a hundred years in eternity? But if we shatter the chains of egotism, and melt into the ocean of humanity, we share its dignity. To feel that we are something is to set up a barrier between God and ourselves; to cease feeling that we are something, is to become one with God.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  God, Ocean, Years

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.39, Courier Corporation

• The Charkha supplemented the agriculture of the villagers and gave it dignity.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Agriculture, Dignity

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.425, Rajpal & Sons

• It was our love of foreign cloth that ousted the wheel from its position of dignity.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Our Love, Wheels, Dignity

  Mahatma Gandhi (1994). “The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings”, p.230, Grove Press

• Non-co-operation is an attempt to awaken the masses to a sense of their dignity and power.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Dignity, Operations, Mass

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.97, Courier Corporation

• Human dignity demands courage to defend oneself.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Men, Demand, Dignity

• A plea for the spinning wheel is a plea for recognizing the dignity of labour.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Spinning, Wheels, Dignity

  Mahatma Gandhi (1994). “The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings”, p.230, Grove Press

• Dignity of human nature requires that we must face the storms of life.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Life, Storm, Faces

  Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”

• Non-cooperation is an attempt to awaken the masses, to a sense of their dignity and power. This can only be done by enabling them to realise that they need not fear brute force, if they but know the soul within.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Struggle, Soul, Done

• The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher law, to the strength of the spirit.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Self Esteem, Men, Law

  Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.95, A&C Black

• To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Faith, Hope, Believe

  Mahatma Gandhi, Judith M. Brown (2008). “The Essential Writings”, p.142, Oxford University Press

• Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute. The spirit lies dormant in the brute, and he knows no law but that of physical might. The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher laws - to the strength of the spirit.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Peace, Lying, Men

  "The Doctrine Of The Sword". Young India, www.mkgandhi.org. August 11, 1920.

• If you are left with only one piece of homespun,wear it with dignity

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Pieces, Dignity, One Piece

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