Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

True education is that which proves useful in life and makes you industrious.

We must be the world we want to create.

A man with a grain of faith in God never loses hope, because he ever believes in the ultimate triumph of Truth.

They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then they will have my dead body, but not my obedience.

Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day: - I shall not fear anyone on Earth. - I shall fear only God. - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.

What is really needed to make democracy function is not knowledge of facts, but right education.

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.

I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings.

For me, humanitarian service, or rather service of all that lives, is religion. And I draw no distinction between such religion and politics.

Live simply so that others may simply live.

There is no path to peace; peace is the path.

We may not be God, but we are of God, even as a little drop of water is of the ocean.

Live every day like it is your last and learn everyday like you will live forever

The press is called the Fourth Estate. It is definitely a power, but, to misuse that power is criminal.

Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.

Where there is love there is life.

A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.

The good man is the friend of all living things.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

What is truth? A difficult question; but I have solved it for myself by saying that it is what the “Voice within” tells you.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family, and each one of us is responsible for the misdeeds of all the others.

Fear has its use but cowardice has none.

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

Peace is the most powerful weapon of mankind.

To lose patience is to lose the battle.

A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, nothing else.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not even one man’s greed.

If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.

Nothing has saddened me so much in life as the hardness of heart of educated people.

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.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

One can measure the greatness and the moral progress of a nation by looking at how it treats its animals.

Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.

If you want real peace in the world, start with children.

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.

To answer brutality with brutality is to admit one’s moral and intellectual bankruptcy and it can only start a viscous cycle.

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.

Faith becomes lame, when it ventures into matters pertaining to reason!

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

Civilization is the encouragement of differences.

A leader is useless when he acts against the promptings of his own conscience.

Non-violence is a weapon of the strong.

The hardest heart and the grossest ignorance must disappear before the rising sun of suffering without anger and without malice.

Have faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the whole ocean doesn’t become dirty.

An ounce of practice is worth a thousand words.

You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Love is the strongest force the world possesses, yet it is the humblest imaginable.

First they ignore you, then laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business.

To retaliate against the relatives of the co-religionists of the wrong-doer is a cowardly act.

Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment.

Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?

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.

It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends but to befriend one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion.

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.

It is unwise to be too sure of ones own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.

We have to handover the earth, the air, the land and the water to the children at least as it was handed over to us.

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.

Action expresses priorities.

Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.

Faith is put to the test when the situation is most difficult.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

Peace between countries must rest on the solid foundation of love between individuals.

A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.

Distinguish between real needs and artificial wants and control the latter.

I wish to change their minds, not kill them for weaknesses we all poses.

The real love is to love them that hate you, to love your neighbor even though you distrust him.

Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.

Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, Your values become your destiny.

Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.

Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problem.

My life is my message.

As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it.

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

The future depends on what you do today.

No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.

There are two days in the year that we can not do anything, yesterday and tomorrow

Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.

The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members

Our greatest ability as humans is not to change the world; but to change ourselves.

it's easy to stand in the crowd but it takes courage to stand alone.

Bullies are always to be found where there are cowards.

If you want to change the world, start with yourself.

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall... think of it, always.

The world is big enough to satisfy everyones needs, but will always be too small to satisfy everyones greed

Be the change you are trying to create.

A democrat must be utterly selfless. He must think and dream not in terms of self or of party, but only of democracy.

Every labourer is worthy of his hire. No country can produce thousands of unpaid whole-time workers.

Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.

You assist an administration most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil administration never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. A good man will therefore resist an evil system or administration with his whole soul.

When you are right,you have no need to be angry. When you are wrong, you have no right to be angry.

Eye for eye and the world will go blind.

An error can never become true however many times you repeat it. The truth can never be wrong, even if no one hears it.

Always believe in your dreams, because if you don't, you'll still have hope.

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.

Don't let anybody walk through your mind with dirty feet.

Wildlife is decreasing in the jungles, but it is increasing in the towns.