Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

God cannot be realized through intellect.

Peace through superior violence inevitably leads to the atom bomb and all that it stands for.

All have not the same capacity. I would allow a man of intellect to earn more, I would not cramp his talent.

The world easily finds an honourable place for the magician who produces new and dazzling things.

The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust.

Let our first act each morning be the following resolve: I shall not fear anyone on Earth. I shall fear only God.

So far as I can see, the atomic bomb has deadened the finest feeling that has sustained for ages. There used to be so-called laws of war, which made it tolerable. Now we know the truth. War knows no law except that of might. The atomic bomb brought an empty victory but it resulted for the time being in destroying the soul of Japan. What has happened to the soul of the destroying nation is yet too early to see.

I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.

Untouchability, I hold, is a sin, if Bhagavadgita is one of our Divine Books.

I am a seasoned soldier of nonviolence, and I have evidence enough to sustain my faith.

The lower animals are our brethren. I include among them the lion and the tiger. We do not know how to live with these carnivorous beasts and poisonous reptiles because of our ignorance.

Confession of one's guilt purifies and uplifts. Its suppression is degrading and should always be avoided.

Change occurs when deeply felt private experiences are given public legitimacy.

No two leaves were alike, and yet there is no antagonism between them or between the branches on which they grow.

The way to truth lies through ahimsa (nonviolence).

I must fight unto the death the unholy attempt to impose British methods and British institutions on India.

I would beseech you not only to be pure beyond suspicion but I would ask you to combine with stainless purity, great wisdom and great ability.

For us, patriotism is the same as the love of humanity.

A true life lived amongst the people is in itself an object-lesson that must produce its own effect upon immediate surroundings.

Only my death will determine whether I am 'Mohamed Gandhi', Jinnah's slave, destroyer of the Hindu religion or its servant and protector.

Idleness is the great plague of India.

A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.

Poverty is the greatest violence.

It goes without saying that moderation and sobriety are of the very essence of vow-taking.

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

Forgiveness is the virtue of the brave.

Execution of the constructive programme in its entirety means more than Swaraj. It means Ram Raj, Khudai Sultanat or the Divine Kingdom.

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

Nirvana is the utter extinction of all that is base in us, all that is vicious in us. Nirvana is not like the black, dead peace of the grave, but the living peace, the living happiness of a soul which is conscious of itself and conscious of having found its own abode in the heart of the Eternal.

Without devotion, action and knowledge are cold and dry and many even become shackles.

There is no path to peace; peace is the path.

What will tell in the end will be character and not a knowledge of letters.

I know nothing of the science of astrology and I consider it to be a science, if it is a science, of doubtful value, to be severely left alone by those who have any faith in Providence.

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

I have always felt that the true text-book for the pupil is his teacher

A small group of determined and like-minded people can change the course of history.

An India free from exploitation from within and without must prosper with astonishing rapidity.

I am not likely to obtain the result flowing from the worship of God by laying myself prostrate before Satan.

Force that the performance of duty naturally generates is the non-violent and invincible force that satyagraha brings into being.

If God holds me to be a pure instrument for the spread of nonviolence in place of the awful violence now ruling the earth, He will give me the strength and show me the way.

I believe that the civilization India evolved is not to be beaten in the world. Nothing can equal the seeds sown by our ancestors, Rome went, Greece shared the same fate; the might of the Pharaohs was broken; Japan has become Westernized; of China nothing can be said; but India is still, somehow or other, sound at the foundation.

No police officer could compel a satyagrahi to give evidence against a person who has confessed to him. A satyagrahi would never be guilty of a betrayal of trust.

The turning of the charkha in a lifeless way will be like the turning of the beads of the rosary with a wandering mind turned away from God.

Swadeshi is the only doctrine consistent with the law of humanity and love.

Man is neither mere intellect not the gross animal body, nor the heart or soul alone.

When two nations are fighting, the duty of a votary of ahimsa is to stop the war.

For a fallen India to aspire to move the world and protect the weaker races is seemingly an impertinence.

Personally I like to believe that all become honest, the millennium is round the corner!