Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

“If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him.”

“My life is my message.”

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

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

“Hate the sin, love the sinner.”

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

“Fear has its use, but cowardice has none.”

“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.”

“Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.”

“Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.”

“Non-violence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.”

“Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart.”

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

“It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of non-violence to cover impotence.”

“Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.”

“I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and non-violence are as old as the hills.”

“Truth is God.”

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

“Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.”

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

“Truth never damages a cause that is just.”

“Truth alone will endure; all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time.”

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

“There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supersedes all other courts.”

“In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.”