Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

"A life well-lived is a testament that the simplest acts of love resonate the loudest."

"The silent observer understands that the only true currency in life is time well spent."

"The simplest truths often reveal that the essence of humanity is our ability to connect."

"Every sunset is a reminder that the only true currency in life is time well spent."

"It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings."

"There is more to life than increasing its speed."

"Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison."

"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."

"My life is my message."

"Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment."

"Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men."

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

"Wisdom principle added 35 tells us that life is lesson 35."

"Wisdom principle added 34 tells us that life is lesson 34."

"Wisdom principle 74 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 36."

"Wisdom principle 69 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 33."

"Wisdom principle 64 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 30."

"Wisdom principle 49 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 21."

"Wisdom principle 39 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 15."

"Wisdom principle 34 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 12."

"Wisdom principle 24 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 6."

"Wisdom principle 13 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 100."

"Wisdom principle 8 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 97."

"To master the mind is to understand that the most profound truths are found in silence."

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

"Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another."

"Truth never damages a cause that is just."

"Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained."

"Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear."

"Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment."

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

"Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good."

"A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal."

"God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us."

"Wisdom principle added 36 tells us that life is lesson 36."

"Wisdom principle 104 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 54."

"Wisdom principle 94 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 48."

"Wisdom principle 84 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 42."

"Wisdom principle 79 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 39."

"Wisdom principle 59 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 27."

"Wisdom principle 29 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 9."

"Wisdom principle 19 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 3."

"It is a timeless truth that the stoutest timber is forged in the fiercest gales, not in the sheltered grove."

"It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh."

"One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's."

"Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion."

"A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion."

"It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity."

"Where love is, there God is also."

"I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of God's creation, woman, the object of our lust."

"Each one prays to God according to his own light."

"Non-violence is the article of faith."

"Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause."

"Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies."

"Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands."

"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."

"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."

"In a gentle way, you can shake the world."

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

"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."

"Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself."

"Wisdom principle 99 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 51."

"Wisdom principle 89 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 45."

"Wisdom principle 54 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 24."

"Wisdom principle 44 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 18."

"Wisdom principle 3 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 94."

"The greatest deception is forgetting that the true master is an eternal student."

"The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent."

"Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality."

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

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

"What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope."

"There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good."

"Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress."

"My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him."

"God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained."

"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."

"The beauty of the unknown is that the heart sees what is invisible to the eye."

"A courageous heart knows that the simplest acts of love resonate the loudest."

"To love truly means recognizing that the legacy we leave is written in the hearts of others."

"A courageous heart knows that the melody of life is composed of both highs and lows."

"The pursuit of excellence requires knowing that the simplest acts of love resonate the loudest."

"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."

"Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion."

"Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up."

"I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up."

"Where there is love there is life."

"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."

"The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated."

"A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people."

"Morality is contraband in war."

"Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is."

"Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances."

"Peace is its own reward."

"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."

"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."

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

"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."

"The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body."

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

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

"I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could."

"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."

"God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless."

"Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience."

"I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace."

"Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed."

"But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac."

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

"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."

"If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm."

"True wealth is not measured in gold, but in the belief that the river of time shapes the stones of destiny."

"In the depths of adversity, the river of time shapes the stones of destiny."

"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."

"Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature."

"We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop."

"Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man."

"When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible."

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

"Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment."

"Those who know how to think need no teachers."

"I claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one another."

"What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea."

"Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent."

"Leadership is not a title, it is the realization that the canvas of tomorrow is painted with the actions of today."

"Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God."

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

"Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into."

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

"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul."

"Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be."

"There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever."

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

"Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening."

"I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others."

"All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth."

"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."

"The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart."

"To conquer fear is to realize that authenticity is the rarest and most beautiful asset."

"A coward is incapable of exhibiting love it is the prerogative of the brave."

"Fear has its use but cowardice has none."

"I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people."

"I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles but today it means getting along with people."

"I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following."

"A visionary sees the unseen and knows every failure is just a stepping stone to greatness."

"I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers."

"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."

"A visionary sees the unseen and knows a single moment of clarity can change a lifetime."

"Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts."

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

"Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding."

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

"If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide."

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."

"Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep."

"The beauty of the unknown is that the bonds of friendship are the true treasures of existence."

"The good man is the friend of all living things."

"In the depths of adversity, character is forged in the fires of discipline."

"Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her."

"The spark of ambition becomes a blaze of accomplishment only through disciplined persistence. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

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

"When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator."

"Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point."

"Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith."

"The darkest nights often reveal that the purest joy is found in giving without expectation."

"There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread."

"The ocean of adversity cannot drown the spirit that resolves to stay afloat. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment."

"Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err."

"Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education."

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

"Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom."

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

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