Mahatma Gandhi the Leader, biography, facts and quotes

"There is more to life than increasing its speed"

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

"Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action"

"An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so"

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

"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind"

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

"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"

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

"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"

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

"Action expresses priorities"

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

"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"

"A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history"

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

"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"

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

"A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act"

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

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

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

"There is an orderliness in the universe, there is an unalterable law governing everything and every being that exists or lives. It is no blind law; for no blind law can govern the conduct of living beings"

"The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless"

"The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience"

"The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated"

"The good man is the friend of all living things"

"The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different"

"The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problem"

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others"

"That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake"

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

"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul"

"Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness"

"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"

"Poverty is the worst form of violence"

"Peace is its own reward"

"Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God"

"One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's"

"Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed"

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

"Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man"

"Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts"

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

"Morality is contraband in war"

"Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort"

"Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment"

"Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature"

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

Born as	Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Occup.	Leader
From	India
Born	October 2, 1869 Porbandar, Kathiawar Agency, British India
Died	January 30, 1948 New Delhi, Dominion of India
Aged	78 years

Mahatma Gandhi Biography

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