Explore Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us. This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good heart whatever they might have to say.

But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.

Even the most despotic government cannot stand except for the consent of the governed.... Immediately the subject ceases to fear the despotic force, his power is gone.

It is not that I do not get angry. I don't give vent to my anger. I cultivate the quality of patience as angerlessness, and generally speaking, I succeed. But I only control my anger when it comes. How I find it possible to control it would be a useless question, for it is a habit that everyone must cultivate and must succeed in forming by constant practice.

Terrorism and deception are weapons not of the strong, but of the weak.

It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one's acts.

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

One man cannot do right in one department of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in any other department. Life is one indivisible whole

There is force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results.

Strength of numbers is the delight of the timid. The Valiant in spirit glory in fighting alone.

Nothing is so aggravating as calmness.

A man, whilst he is dreaming, believes in his dream; he is undeceived only when he is awakened from his slumber.

There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for.

I claim to be no more than the average person with less than average ability. I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith.

It is easier to build a boy than to mend a man.

They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then they will have my dead body, but not my obedience.

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me. And even though I have to face the prospect of being a minority of one, I humbly believe I have the courage to be in such a hopeless minority.