Inspiring Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi - Page 2

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"Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening"

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

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world"

"There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good"

"Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is"

"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"

"To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest"

"If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm"

"Where there is love there is life"

"When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible"

"When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator"

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

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

"God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless"

"Action expresses priorities"

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

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

"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"

"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"

"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"

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

"Morality is contraband in war"

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

"Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him"

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

"It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings"

"Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being"

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

"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 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"

"Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands"

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

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

"I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality"

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

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

"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"

"Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit"

"Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause"

"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"

"Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment"

"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"

"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"

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