Quotes By Mahatma Gandhi

Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.

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.

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

That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

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.

Peace is its own reward.

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

But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.

Fear has its use but cowardice has none.

Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.

Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul.

If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.

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.

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.

Self-respect knows no considerations.

Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.

There is an orderliness in the universe, there is an unalterable law governing everything and every being that exists or lives. It is no blind law; for no blind law can govern the conduct of living beings.

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

Each one prays to God according to his own light.

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.

Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.

Those who know how to think need no teachers.

My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.

There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.