Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.

The way of peace is the way of truth. Truthfulness is even more important than peacefulness.

I learned from Hussain how to be wronged and be a winner, I learnt from Hussain how to attain victory while being oppressed.

I find that we are all such sinners that it is better to leave the judging to God.

Let India become alive by self-purification, that is self-restraint and self-denial, and she will be a boon to herself and mankind.

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

Dharma is one and one only. Ahimsa means moksha, and moksha is the realization of Truth.

We cannot, in a moment, get rid of habits of a lifetime.

The only way love punishes in by suffering.

It is a travesty of true religion to consider one's own religion as superior and other's as inferior.

What the eyes are for the outer world, fasts are for the inner.

The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.

Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.

Hypocrisy and distortion are passing currents under the name of religion

There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for.

No labour is too mean for one who wants to earn an honest penny.

If we had the atom bomb, we would have used it against the British.

I have so much to accomplish today that I must meditate for two hours instead of one.

True ahimsa should mean a complete freedom from ill-will and anger and hate and an overflowing love for all.

I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.

It is the acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancor left behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

A non-violent revolution is not a program of seizure of power. It is a program of transformation of relationships, ending in a peaceful transfer of power.

I refuse to believe that the tendency of human nature is always downward.

God can never be realized by one who is not pure of heart.

Before civil disobedience can be practised on a vast scale, people must learn the art of civil or voluntary obedience.

There is always enough for the needy, there is never enough for the greedy.

Passive resistance is a method of securing rights by personal suffering; it is the reverse of resistance by arms.

A living faith cannot be manufactured by the rule of majority

Self-respect knows no considerations.

Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.

Golden fetters are no less galling to a self-respecting man that iron ones; the sting lies in the fetters, not in the metal.

Seeming failure is not of the law of satyagrahabut of incompetence of the satyagrahi by whatever cause induced.

Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a rudderless ship, bound to break to pieces on coming in contact with the very first rock.

If you take care of your immediate surroundings, the universe will take care of itself.

A man of faith will remain steadfast to truth even though the whole world might appear to be enveloped in falsehood.

I believe that religious education must be the sole concern of religious associations.

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

If your heart acquires strength, you will be able to remove blemishes from others without thinking evil of them.

The most violent weapon on earth is the table fork.

By education, I mean an all-round drawing of the best in child and man in body, mind and spirit.

My greatest weapon is mute prayer.

True ahimsa lay in running into the mouth of himsa.

Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.

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

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

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

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.

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

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding. The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.