Famous Mohandas Gandhi Quotations

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"A man who throws himself on God ceases to fear man"
by Mahatma Gandhi
"A vow is fixed and unalterable determination to do a thing, when such a determination is related to something noble which can only uplift the man who makes the resolve."
by Mahatma Gandhi
"The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me."
by Mahatma Gandhi
"The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats' teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice"
by Mahatma Gandhi
"The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer and gives him a sense of peace and joy. The Buddha gave up the pleasures of life because they had become painful to him."
by Mahatma Gandhi
"They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them."
by Mahatma Gandhi
"To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body."
by Mahatma Gandhi
"Truth never damages a cause that is just."
by Mahatma Gandhi
"What do I think of Western civilisation? I think it would be a very good idea."
by Mahatma Gandhi
"Whenever you have truth it must be given with love, or the message and the messenger will be rejected"
by Mahatma Gandhi
"Almost everything you do will seem insignificant, but it is important that you do it"
by Mahatma Gandhi
"Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right."
by Mahatma Gandhi
"I believe in the fundamental Truth of all the great religions of the world. I believe that they are all God given. I came to the conclusion long ago... that all religions were true and also that all had some error in them."
by Mahatma Gandhi
"I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers."
by Mahatma Gandhi
"Hypocrisy and distortion are passing currents under the name of religion"
by Mahatma Gandhi
"I eat to live, to serve, and also, if it so happens, to enjoy, but I do not eat for the sake of enjoyment."
by Mahatma Gandhi
"I have known many meat eaters to be far more nonviolent than vegetarians."
by Mahatma Gandhi
"If your heart acquires strength, you will be able to remove blemishes from others without thinking evil of them."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children."
by Mahatma Gandhi
"If you have faith in the cause and the means and in God, the hot sun will be cool for you"
by Mahatma Gandhi
"It is the reformer who is anxious for the reform, and not society, from which he should expect nothing better than opposition, abhorrence and mortal persecution"
by Mahatma Gandhi
"It is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the scriptures of the world. If we are to respect others' religions as we would have them respect our own, a friendly study of the world's religions is a sacred duty."
by Mahatma Gandhi
"It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence."
by Mahatma Gandhi
"Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it."
by Mahatma Gandhi
"Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it"
by Mahatma Gandhi
"Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth and the soul requires inward restfulness to attain its full height."
by Mahatma Gandhi
"Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having."
by Mahatma Gandhi
"Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible"
by Mahatma Gandhi
"Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Non-violence is not a quality to be evolved or expressed to order. It is an inward growth depending for sustenance upon intense individual effort."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"My life is an indivisible whole, and all my attitudes run into one another; and they all have their rise in my insatiable love for mankind."
by Mahatma Gandhi
"Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest"
by Mahatma Gandhi
"Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Fear has its use but cowardice has none."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Those who know how to think need no teachers."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Action expresses priorities."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Poverty is the worst form of violence."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"(On Western civilization) I think it would be a good idea."
by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
"A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family, and each one of us is responsible for the misdeeds of all the others. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul."
by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
"All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding."
by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
"Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Be the change that you want to see in the world."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Each one prays to God according to his own light."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Faith... Must be enforced by reason...When faith becomes blind it dies."
by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
"Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?"
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"Hate the sin and love the sinner."
by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
"Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world."
by Mohandas Gandhi
"I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed."
by Mohandas Gandhi


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