Quotes By Mahatma 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.

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.

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

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

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

A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.

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

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

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

If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty.

Where love is, there God is also.

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

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

For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.

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

There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.

Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.

Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.

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

Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

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

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

The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.

Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.

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

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.

No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.