Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan quotes

"It is my inmost conviction," Badshah Khan said, "that Islam is amal, yakeen, muhabat" - selfless service, faith, and love. (Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan)
Only a dead nation remembers its heroes when they die. Real nations respect them when they are alive. View quote
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
My religion is truth, love and service to God and humanity. Every religion that has come into the world has brought the message of love and brotherhood. Those who are indifferent to the welfare of their fellowmen, whose hearts are empty of love, they do not know the meaning of religion. View quote
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
There is nothing surprising in a Muslim or a Pathan like me subscribing to the creed of nonviolence. It is not a new creed. It was followed fourteen hundred years ago by the Prophet all the time he was in Mecca. View quote
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Better be poisoned in one's own blood then to be poisoned in one's principle. View quote
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Pathans! Your house has fallen into ruin. Arise and rebuild it and remember to what race you belong. View quote
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
I have one great desire. View quote
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
In 1958, Ghaffar Khan wrote that he had been killed 'by those people for whom he had forsaken his own people'. View quote
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan