Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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The finite human being shall never know in its fullness Truth and Love which is itself infinite.
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Cowards can never be moral.
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One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
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There's no God higher than truth.
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The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
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The good man is the friend of all living things.
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In doing something, do it with love or never do it at all.
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Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself.
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That economics is untrue which ignores or disregards moral values.
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To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
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A religious act cannot be performed with the aid of the bayonet or the bomb.
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If we want to impart education best suited to the needs of the villagers, we should take the vidyapith to the villages.
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Truth should so humble that even dust could crush it.
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God's grace and revelation are the monopoly of no race or nation.
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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.
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No human being is so bad as to be beyond redemption.
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When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.
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Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being.
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We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.
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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.
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True ahimsa should wear a smile even on a deathbed brought about by an assailant. It is only with that ahimsa that we can befriend our opponents and win their love.
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We notice that the mind is a restless bird; the more it gets the more it wants, and still remains unsatisfied. The more we indulge our passions the more unbridled they become. Our ancestors, therefore, set a limit to our indulgences. They saw that happiness was largely a mental condition. A man is not necessarily happy because he is rich, or unhappy because he is poor.... Millions will always remain poor.
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The Charkha, which is the embodiment of willing obedience and calm persistence, must therefore succeed before there is civil disobedience.
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Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.