Explore Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

There is not a moment when I do not feel the presence of a Witness whose eye misses nothing and with whom I strive to keep in tune.

Generosity consists not the sum given, but the manner in which it is bestowed

Many could forgo heavy meals, a full wardrobe, a fine house, etcetera. It is the ego they cannot forgo.

Everyone has faith in God though everyone does not know it. For everyone has faith in himself and that multiplied to the nth degree is God. The sum total of all that lives is God. We may not be God, but we are of God, even as a little drop of water is of the ocean.

So far as I can see the atomic bomb has deadened the finest feeling that has sustained mankind for ages.

Non-violence ... is the only thing that the atom bomb cannot destroy.

Live simply that others might simply live.

God forbid that India should ever take to industrialism after the manner of the west... keeping the world in chains. If [our nation] took to similar economic exploitation, it would strip the world bare like locusts.

Whether humanity will consciously follow the law of love, I do not know. But that need not disturb me. The law will work just as the law of gravitation works whether we accept it or not.

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

There is no god greater than truth.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul.

A friendly study of the world's religions is a sacred duty.

War is an unmitigated evil. But it certainly does one good thing. It drives away fear and brings bravery to the surface.

Heroes are made in the hour of defeat. Success is, therefore, well described as a series of glorious defeats.

To a man with an empty stomach food is God

A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.

It is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the scriptures of the world. If we are to respect others' religions as we would have them respect our own, a friendly study of the world's religions is a sacred duty.

Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is endlessly bountiful. Just put forth a clear enough request, and everything your heart desires must come to you.

That atomic energy though harnessed by American scientists and army men for destructive purposes may be utilised by other scientists for humanitarian purposes is undoubtedly within the realm of possibility. ... An incendiary uses fire for his destructive and nefarious purpose, a housewife makes daily use of it in preparing nourishing food for mankind.

Love never claims, it ever gives.