Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

Be the change you want to see in the world.

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

Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my hardest to become a saint.

Nonviolence 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.

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

Hypocrisy and distortion are passing currents under the name of religion

Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, ALWAYS.

My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.

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

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Good government is no substitute for self-government

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

Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn`t have it in the beginning.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

Indolence is a delightful but distressing state, we must be doing something to be happy.

Birth and death are not two different states, but they are different aspects of the same state. There is as little reason to deplore the one as there is to be pleased over the other.

The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.

An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the humblest imaginable

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

The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. Freedom and slavery are mental states.

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.

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

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.

No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.

Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.

An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind.

It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.

Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any.

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

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

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man`s need, but not every man`s greed

Peace is its own reward.

We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.

Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.

The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles

All faiths constitute a revelation of Truth, but all are imperfect and liable to error

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated

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

Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking

Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Poverty is the worst form of violence.

Even as a tree has a single trunk, but many branches and leaves, there is one religion but any number of faiths

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.

I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.

Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong

I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love.

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

Fear has its use but cowardice has none.

We must become the change we want to see.

Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself

You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result

Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible

Consciously or unconsciously, everyone of us does render some service or another. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and it will make not only for our own happiness, but that of the world at large.

God has no religion