Mahatma Gandhi Quotes And Sayings

My Life Is My Message.

There Is No Principle Worth The Name If It Is Not Wholly Good.

Intolerance Betrays Want Of Faith In One's Cause.

For Me Every Ruler Is Alien That Defies Public Opinion.

It Is My Own Firm Belief That The Strength Of The Soul Grows In Proportion As You Subdue The Flesh.

Where Love Is, There God Is Also.

I Believe In The Fundamental Truth Of All Great Religions Of The World.

The Spirit Of Democracy Is Not A Mechanical Thing To Be Adjusted By Abolition Of Forms. It Requires Change Of Heart.

Commonsense Is The Realised Sense Of Proportion.

I Know, To Banish Anger Altogether From One's Breast Is A Difficult Task. It Cannot Be Achieved Through Pure Personal Effort. It Can Be Done Only By God's Grace.

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.

Morality Is Contraband In War.

Even If You Are A Minority Of One, The Truth Is The Truth.

A Weak Man Is Just By Accident. A Strong But Non-violent Man Is Unjust By Accident.

Rights That Do Not Flow From Duty Well Performed Are Not Worth Having.

God Cannot Be Realized Through The Intellect. Intellect Can Lead One To A Certain Extent And No Further. It Is A Matter Of Faith And Experience Derived From That Faith.

He Is Lost Who Is Possessed By Carnal Desire.

I Did Once Seriously Think Of Embracing The Christian Faith. The Gentle Figure Of Christ, So Full Of Forgiveness That He Taught His Followers Not To Retaliate When Abused Or Struck, But To Turn The Other Cheek - I Thought It Was A Beautiful Example Of The Perfect Man.

If A Man Reaches The Heart Of His Own Religion, He Has Reached The Heart Of The Others, Too. There Is Only One God, And There Are Many Paths To Him.

Violent Men Have Not Been Known In History To Die To A Man. They Die Up To A Point.

I Wear The National Dress Because It Is The Most Natural And The Most Becoming For An Indian.

Honest Disagreement Is Often A Good Sign Of Progress.

Intolerance Is Itself A Form Of Violence And An Obstacle To The Growth Of A True Democratic Spirit.

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.

The Good Man Is The Friend Of All Living Things.

Action Expresses Priorities.

Satisfaction Lies In The Effort, Not In The Attainment, Full Effort Is Full Victory.

Where There Is Love There Is Life.

Non-violence Is The Greatest Force At The Disposal Of Mankind. It Is Mightier Than The Mightiest Weapon Of Destruction Devised By The Ingenuity Of Man.

An Error Does Not Become Truth By Reason Of Multiplied Propagation, Nor Does Truth Become Error Because Nobody Sees It.

Prayer Is Not Asking. It Is A Longing Of The Soul. It Is Daily Admission Of One's Weakness. It Is Better In Prayer To Have A Heart Without Words Than Words Without A Heart.

There Is A Sufficiency In The World For Man's Need But Not For Man's Greed.

The Best Way To Find Yourself Is To Lose Yourself In The Service Of Others.

There Is A Higher Court Than Courts Of Justice And That Is The Court Of Conscience. It Supercedes All Other Courts.

A Man Is But The Product Of His Thoughts What He Thinks, He Becomes.

The Difference Between What We Do And What We Are Capable Of Doing Would Suffice To Solve Most Of The World's Problems.

To Believe In Something, And Not To Live It, Is Dishonest.

A Coward Is Incapable Of Exhibiting Love; It Is The Prerogative Of The Brave.

Non-violence And Truth Are Inseparable And Presuppose One Another.

Infinite Striving To Be The Best Is Man's Duty; It Is Its Own Reward. Everything Else Is In God's Hands.

There Are People In The World So Hungry, That God Cannot Appear To Them Except In The Form Of Bread.

It Has Always Been A Mystery To Me How Men Can Feel Themselves Honoured By The Humiliation Of Their Fellow Beings.

I Took The Vow Of Celibacy In 1906. I Had Not Shared My Thoughts With My Wife Until Then, But Only Consulted Her At The Time Of Making The Vow. She Had No Objection.

The Weak Can Never Forgive. Forgiveness Is The Attribute Of The Strong.

Truth Never Damages A Cause That Is Just.

There Is More To Life Than Increasing Its Speed.

Fear Has Its Use But Cowardice Has None.

Each One Has To Find His Peace From Within. And Peace To Be Real Must Be Unaffected By Outside Circumstances.

Action Is No Less Necessary Than Thought To The Instinctive Tendencies Of The Human Frame.