Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

Good government is no substitute for self-government.

A correct diagnosis is three-fourths the remedy.

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

Be truthful, gentle, and fearless.

If anybody said that I should die if I did not take beef-tea or mutton, even under medical advice, I would prefer death.

Look at the sparrows; they do not know what they will do in the next moment. Let us literally live from moment to moment.

What better book can there be than the book of humanity.

There is no 'as far as possible' on the question of untouchability. If it is to go, it must go in its entirety from the temples as from everywhere else.

In times to come people will not judge us by the creed we profess or the label we wear or the slogans we shout, but, by our work, industry, sacrifice, honesty and purity of character.

The need of the moment is not one religion, but mutual respect and tolerance of the devotees of the different religions.

Full effort is full victory.

We must become the change we want to see.

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

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

Whatever does not exist in the body can't be found in the universe, and whatever exists in the universe can be found in the body.

The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.

A customer is the most important visitor on our premises, he is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him.

Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it

If all Christians acted like Christ, the whole world would be Christian.

Think for tomorrow but act for today.

Retaliation is counter-poison and poison breeds more poison. The nectar of Love alone can destroy the poison of hate.

I came to the conclusion long ago . . . that all religions were true, and also that all had some error in them.

There's enough on this planet for everyone's needs but not for everyone's greed.

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

Literary education is of no value, if it is not able to build up a sound character.

Violence is the weapon of weak, non-violence that of the strong.

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

Religion is no test of nationality, but a personal matter between man and his God.

Where there is no strength of mind there can be no strength of soul.

I am endeavouring to see God through service of humanity; for I know that God is neither in heaven, nor down below, but in everyone.

Justice does not help those who slumber but helps only those who are vigilant.

Nonviolence is not a weapon of the weak. It is a weapon of the strongest and bravest.

Simplicity is the essence of universality.

You assist an administration most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees.

One has to speak out and stand up for one's convictions. Inaction at a time of conflagration is inexcusable.

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

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.

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.

Satyagraha can rid society of all evils, political, economic and moral.

Religion is a thing to be lived. It is not merely sophistry.

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

The light of the world will illuminate within you when you fast and purify yourself.

Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.

No man loses his freedom except through his own weakness.

Hindu Dharma is like a boundless ocean teeming with priceless gems. The deeper you dive the more treasures you find.

To a hungry man, a piece of bread is the face of God.

It ill becomes us to invoke in our daily prayers the blessings of God, the Compassionate, if we in turn will not practice elementary compassion toward our fellow creatures.

Mass civil disobedience was for the attainment of independence.

Though God may be Love, God is Truth above all.

Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.