Mahatma Gandhi > Quotes

“It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“You yourself as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve love and affection.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Compassion is a muscle that gets stronger with use.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“I learned from Hussain how to be wronged and be a winner, I learnt from Hussain how to attain victory while being oppressed.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Violence begins with the fork.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“چیزی در درونم مرا وامی دارد رنج خود را با صدای بلند فریاد کنم.من نیک دانسته ام که چه باید بکنم.آنچه در درونم هست و هرگز فریبم نمی دهد اکنون به من می گوید:باید در مقابل دنیا بایستی،حتی اگر تنها بمانی.باید چشم در چشم دنیا بدوزی،حتی اگر دنیا با چشمان خون گرفته به تو بنگرد.ترس به دل راه نده.به سخن آن موجود کوچکی که در قلبت خانه دارد اطمینان کن که می گوید:دوستان،همسر،و همه چیز و همه کس را رها کن و فقط به آنچه برایش زیسته ای و به خاطرش باید بمیری شهادت بده”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“The golden rule of conduct is mutual toleration, seeing that we will never all think alike and we shall always see Truth in fragment and from different points of vision.”
― Gandhi

“Everyone holds a piece of the truth.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“There goes my people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“[I]t seems to me as clear as daylight that abortion would be a crime.”
― Mahatma Gandhi, All Men Are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections

“Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary."

(Satyagraha Leaflet No. 13, 3 May 1919)”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Even if you are a minority of one, the Truth is the Truth.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but it is really fear.”
― Gandhi

“Truth has drawn me into the field of politics; and I can say without the slightest hesitation, and yet in all humility, that those who say that religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion means.”
― Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi: An Autobiography

“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 peace.”
― Mohandas Gandhi

“Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man you have seen, and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going to be any use to him.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.”
― Gandhi

“To forgive is not to forget. The merit lies in loving in spite of the vivid knowledge that one that must be loved is not a friend. There is not merit in loving an enemy when you forget him for a friend. ”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“The only tyrant I accept is the still, small voice within me.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“I may be a despicable person, but when Truth speaks through me I am
invincible.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Terrorism and deception are weapons not of the strong, but of the weak.”
― Mohandas Gandhi

“The various religions
are like different roads
converging on the same point.
What difference does it make
if we follow different routes,
provided we arrive
at the same destination?”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honored by the humiliation of their fellow beings.”
― Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi: An Autobiography

“Hatred can be overcome only by love. ”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.”
― Mahatma Gandhi