We must become the change we want to see.
Mahatma Gandhi Quotations
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When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it ? always.
There is no path to peace. Peace is the path.
It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
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.
I want freedom for the full expression on my personality.
Live simply that others may simply live.
I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any.
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
The outward freedom that we shall attain will only be in exact proportion to the inward freedom to which we may have grown at a given moment. And if this is a correct view of freedom, our chief energy must be concentrated on achieving reform from within.
To conceal ignorance is to increase it. An honest confession of it, however, gives ground for the hope that it will diminish some day or the other.
I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
The only devils in this world are those running around in our own hearts, and that is where all our battles should be fought.
As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it.
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
Hate the sin, love the sinner.
An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.
Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
N.B. This quote refers to the British disarmament of the Indian Army. Gandhi never advocated the individual right to bear arms.
The future depends on what we do in the present.
The good man is the friend of all living things.
In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in an clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.
I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.
One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.
Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.
In matters of conscience, the law of majority has no place.
Indolence is a delightful but distressing state we must be doing something to be happy.
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy.
Affection cannot be manufactored or regulated by law. If one has no affection for a person or a system, one should be free to give the fullest expression to his disaffection, so long as he does not contemplate, promote, or incite to violence.
There are seven sins in the world: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice and politics without principle.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Your beliefs become your thoughts. Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions become your habits. Your habits become your values. Your values become your destiny.
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?
There is more to life than increasing its speed
Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.
A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.
I think it would be a good idea.
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.
Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.