Mahatma Gandhi Quotes for Inspiration

A man is but the product of his thoughts, what he thinks, he becomes.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.

Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

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

Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.

Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.

An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Action expresses priorities.

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

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

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.

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

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

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

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.

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.

Fear has its use but cowardice has none.

A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.

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

Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.

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

Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.

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

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.

An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.

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

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.

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

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

Be the change that you want to see in the world.

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

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.

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

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.

Each one prays to God according to his own light.

A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.

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

Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.

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.

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.

If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

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

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.

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

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

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.

Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.

I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

My life is my message.

Imitation is the sincerest flattery.

I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.

But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.

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Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.

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.

It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.

Mahatma Gandhi :
Spiritual Message (On God), 1931

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