Quotes By Mahatma Gandhi

Imitation is the sincerest flattery.

Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.

A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.

Where there is love there is life.

Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone.

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.

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

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

I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.

Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.

Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.

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.

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.

It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.

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.

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

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

There is more to life than increasing its speed.