Mahatma Gandhi Speech Quotations

Genuine laughter is true eloquence and more effective than speech

Freedom of worship, even of public speech, would become a farce if interference became the order of the day.

Aggressive civil disobedience should be confined to a vindication of the right of free speech and free association.

Mere brave speech without action is letting off useless steam.

The restoration of free speech, free association and free press is almost the whole Swaraj.

I shall content myself with merely declaring my firm conviction that, for the seeker who would live in fear of God and who would see Him face to face, restraint in diet both as to quantity and quality is as essential as restraint in thought and speech.

The music of life is in danger of being lost in the music of the voice.

The one religion is beyond all speech.

Human language can but imperfectly describe God's ways. I am sensible of the fact that they are indescribable and inscrutable. But if mortal man will dare to describe them, he has no better medium than his own inarticulate speech.

It was only in South Africa that I got over this shyness, though I never completely overcame it. It was impossible for me to speak impromptu. I hesitated whenever I had to face strange audiences and avoided making a speech whenever I could. Even today I do not think I could or would even be inclined to keep a meeting of friends engaged in idle talk.