Explore Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.

What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.

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

Poverty is the worst form of violence.

God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.

The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

My life is my message.

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

Action expresses priorities.

I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.

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.

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

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.

Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.