Quotes By Mahatma Gandhi

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

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problem.

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

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.

Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.

I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.

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

I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.

God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.

Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.

To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body.

Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.

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

I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.

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

A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.

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.

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.

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.

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?

Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive.

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.