Quotes By Mahatma Gandhi

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

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.

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

I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of God's creation, woman, the object of our lust.

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison.

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.

Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.

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.

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

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

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

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.

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?