Quotes of Mohandas Gandhi

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


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


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


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.


A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.




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


Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.


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


An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.


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




There is more to life than increasing its speed.


There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.


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.


Those who know how to think need no teachers.


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


Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.


To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.




Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.


Truth never damages a cause that is just.


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




Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.


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

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.


Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him.


Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.