Explore Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.

The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.

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

All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.

Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

Each one prays to God according to his own light.

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.

Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.

Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment.

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.

The good man is the friend of all living things.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us.

All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.

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

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

If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.

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