M.K Gandhi Quotes

I may not unnerve myself while I can struggle against evil.

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.

In nature there is a fundamental unity running through all the diversity we see about us. Religions are given to mankind so as to accelerate the process of realisation of fundamental unity.

The Bhagavad-Gita calls on humanity to dedicate body, mind and soul to pure duty and not to become mental voluptuaries at the mercy of random desires and undisciplined impulses.

The skin of a python is no less precious to the snake than fur is to the fox.

I am a Hindu because it is Hinduism which makes the world worth living. I am a Hindu hence I Love not only human beings, but all living beings.

Each one prays to God according to his own light.

I have always felt that the true text-book for the pupil is his teacher

Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.

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

All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul.

Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.

There is not love where there is no will.

Knowledge without devotion will be like a misfire.

If you want real peace in the world, start with children.

Schools and colleges are really a factory for turning out clerks for the Government.

Man's upward progress means ever increasing difficulty, which is to be welcomed.

Fear has its use, but cowardice has none. I may not put my finger into the jaws of a snake, but the very sight of the snake need not strike terror into me.

Imperialism is a negation of God. It does ungodly acts in the name of God.

Hinduism has sinned in giving sanction to untouchability.

Millions of Indians are brimming with energy.

As the means, so the end.

There is always the fear of self-righteousness possessing us, the fear of arrogating to ourselves a superiority that we do not possess.

A life of sacrifice is the pinnacle of art, and is full of true joy.

A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.

I honor the place within you where, when you are in that place in you and I am in that place in me, there is only one of us.

Unlike the animal, God has given man the faculty of reason.

Man often becomes what he believes himself to be.

Every murder or other injury, no matter for what cause, committed or inflicted on another is a crime against humanity.

When there is war, the poet lays down the lyre, the lawyer his law reports, the schoolboy his books.

Every moment of my life I realize that God is putting me on my trial.

In all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too.

My father was a saint. I'm not.

The whole existence of man is a ceaseless duel between the forces of life and death.

A person is bound to work in obedience to and in conformity to that person's own nature.

The purer I try to become, the nearer I feel to be to God.

what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.

It Is possible to live in peace.

Begin with duties of a man and rights will follow as spring follows winter

I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.

Love is the law of life.

I am resigning my post in the parliament. I have done this because I think it is the right thing to do.

In any case, I married Feroze Gandhi. Once I get an idea in my head, no one in the world can make me change my mind.

When you make yourself into zero, your power becomes invincible.

Bullies are always to be found where there are cowards.

Restraint never ruins one's health.

Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.

I believe that cunning is not only morally wrong but also politically expedient, and have therefore always discountenanced its use even from the practical standpoint.

To safeguard democracy the people must have a keen sense of independence, self-respect, and their oneness.

I would beseech you not only to be pure beyond suspicion but I would ask you to combine with stainless purity, great wisdom and great ability.