Gandhi's Quotations
Japan
- The atom bomb brought and empty victory to the Allied arms but it resulted for the time being in destroying the soul of Japan.
TIG-142
- TI am convinced that the capitalist, if he follows the Samurai of Japan, has nothing really to lose and everything to gain.
T-2-380
- Let no one run away with the idea that I wish to put in a defence of Japanese misdeeds in pursuance of Japan's unworthy ambition.
TIG-142
Jealousy
- Jealousy presupposes the possibility of rivalry.
T-2-214
- Bury the jealousies underground and cremate them wherever you like.
XXV-510
Journalism
- Journalism has become the art of "intelligent anticipation of events."
T-7-209
- The sole aim of journalism should be service.
MM-479
- Journalism should never be prostituted for selfish ends or for the sake of merely earning livelihood or, worse still, for amassing money.
XXVI-371
- Journalism has a distinct place in familiarizing and expressing public opinion.
XXVI-370
- A journalist's peculiar function is to read the mind of the country and to five definite and fearless expression to that mind.
XXVI-369
- The newspaperman has become a walking plague. He spreads the contagion of lies and calumnies.
T-2-238
- Newspaper today had almost replaced the Bible, the Koran, the Gita and other religious scriptures.
T-7-314
- The press was called the Fourth Estate. It was definitely a power but to misuse that power was criminal.
T-7-375
- The newspapers should be read for the study of facts. They should not be allowed to kill the habit of independent thinking.
T-7-116
- In the East., as in the West, the newspapers are fast becoming the people's Bible, the Koran The Zend-Avesta and the Gita rolled into one.
T-7-209
- Freedom of the press is a precious privilege that no country can forego.
MM-480
- An itch for new is a variety of dissipation, debilitating to the mind and spirit, unless it is properly curbed.
T-7-135
- The liberty of the press is a dear privilege, apart from the advisability or otherwise of civil disobedience.
T-6-1
- The newspapers had become more important to the average man than the scriptures.
T-7-375
Joy
- A life of sacrifice is the pinnacle of art, and is full of true joy.
MOG-21
Justice
- Justice should become cheap and expeditious. Today it is the luxury of the rich and the joy of the gambler.
T-4-182
- Justice will come when it is deserved by our being and felling strong.
T-2-240
- Justice does not help the ones who slumber but helps only those who are vigilant.
XIV-177
- The first condition of nonviolence is justice all round, in every department of life.
T-5-278
- Peace will not come out of a clash of arms but out of justice lived and done by unarmed nations in the face of odds.
T-5-193
- It is open to a war-resister of judge between two combatants and wish success to the one who has justice on his code.
T-5-197