Quotes By Mahatma Gandhi

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

Non-violence is the article of faith.

God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us.

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.

I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.

Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.

Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.

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.

Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.

A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.

Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.

The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.

A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.

The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.

Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.

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

Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.