Explore Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.

When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.

Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.

What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.

Peace is its own reward.

God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.

Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.

Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.

Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.

Truth never damages a cause that is just.

The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.

Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.

We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?

Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.

I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.

A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.

Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.

It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head.

There is more to life than increasing its speed.

Non-violence 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.

Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?