Mohandas Gandhi Quotes

We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party... view

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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... view

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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... view

By: Mohandas Gandhi

Where there is love there is life... view

By: Mohandas Gandhi

Where love is, there God is also... view

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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

By: Mohandas Gandhi

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?.. view

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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... view

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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... view

By: Mohandas Gandhi

We must become the change we want to see in the world... view

By: Mohandas Gandhi

We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study... view

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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

By: Mohandas Gandhi

Truth never damages a cause that is just... view

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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

By: Mohandas Gandhi

To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body.. view

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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

By: Mohandas Gandhi

Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all... view

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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... view

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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

By: Mohandas Gandhi

We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?.. view

By: Mohandas Gandhi

It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head... view

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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... view

By: Mohandas Gandhi

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart... view

By: Mohandas Gandhi

Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth... view

By: Mohandas Gandhi

Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty.. view

By: Mohandas Gandhi

Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being... view

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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... view

By: Mohandas Gandhi

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

By: Mohandas Gandhi