Mahatma Gandhi Quotes - Page 3

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does the truth become error because nobody will see it. 1924-1926)

Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.

Truth never damages a cause that is just.

Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.

You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.

You don't know who is important to you until you actually lose them.

In fact, it is more correct to say that Truth is God, than to say that God is Truth.

Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day:- I shall not fear anyone on Earth. - I shall fear only God. - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.

There is no such thing as ‘too insane’ unless others turn up dead due to your actions.

I become more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of Hussein, the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers and his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle.

There are limits to self-indulgence none to self-restraint.

Action expresses priorities.

There is force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results.

Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilisation.

Do not worry in the least about yourself, leave all worry to God,' - this appears to be the commandment in all religions. This need not frighten anyone. He who devotes himself to service with a clear conscience, will day by day grasp the necessity for it in greater measure, and will continually grow richer in faith. The path of service can hardly be trodden by one who is not prepared to renounce self-interest, and to recognize the conditions of his birth. Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make not only for our own happiness but that of the world at large.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.

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

To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior. Has she not greater intuition, is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater powers of endurance, has she not greater courage? Without her, man could not be. If nonviolence is the law of our being, the future is with woman. Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than w

Morality is contraband in war.

I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings.

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

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

One should not think of embracing another religion before one had fully understand his own.

Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act which deprived a whole nation of arms as the blackest.

My aim is not to be consistent with my previous statements on a given question, but to be consistent with truth as it may present itself to me at a given moment. The result has been that I have grown from truth to truth.

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

Truthis like a vast tree, which yields more and more fruit, the more you nurture it

Intellect takes us along in the battle of life to a certain limit, but at the crucial moment it fails us. Faith transcends reason. It is when the horizon is the darkest and human reason is beaten down to the ground that faith shines brightest and comes to our rescue.

Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.

While in Bombay, I began, on one hand, my study of Indian law and, on the other, my experiments in dietetics in which Virchand Gandhi, a friend, joined me. My brother, for his part was trying his best to get me briefs. The study of India law was a tedious business. The Civil Procedure Code I could in no way get on with. Not so however, with the Evidence Act. Virchand Gandhi was reading for the Solicitor's Examination and would tell me all sorts of stories about Barristers and Vakils.

I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage.

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. I hold that the more helpless a creature the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of humankind.

I consider myself a Hindu Christian Moslem Jew Buddhist and Confucian.

It is possible for a single individual to defy the whole might of an unjust empire to save his honour his religion his soul and lay the foundation for that empire's fall or its regeneration.

To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior. Has she not greater intuition, is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater powers of endurance, has she not greater courage? Without her, man could not be. If nonviolence is the law of our being, the future is with woman. Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than woman?", Oct. 4, 1930)]

Hate the sin, love the sinner.

If I had no sense of humor I should long ago have committed suicide.

Poverty is the worst form of violence.

To a man with an empty stomach food is god.

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

(When asked what he thought of Western civilization): 'I think it would be a good idea.

Truth is like a vast tree which yields more and more fruit the more you nurture it. The deeper the search in the mind of truth, the richer the discovery of the gems buried there.

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.

Faith is the function of the heart.

I want the cultures of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown of my feet by any.

I am & have been for years a confirmed anti-vaccinationist. Anti-vaccination has no backing from the orthodox medical opinion. A medical man who expresses himself against vaccination loses caste. Tremendous pecuniary interests too have grown around vaccination.

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

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.

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.

It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one's acts.

most Americans think of Rosa Parks as a demur, pleasant-enough seamstress who backed into history by being too tired to get out of her seat on a bus one day, in reality she had been trained in nonviolence spirit and tactics at a famous institution, Highlander Folk School. It seems to be a difficult concept for most of us that peace is a skill that can be learned. We know war can be learned, but we seem to think that one becomes a peacemaker by a mere change of heart. (23)

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

In a gentle way, you can shake the world

The future depends on what you do today.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

I realized that it was not as easy to commit suicide as to contemplate it. And since then, whenever I have heard of someone threatening to commit suicide, it has had little or no effect on me.

The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.

Where choice is set between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence ... I prefer to use arms in defense of honor rather than remain the vile witness of dishonor...

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