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100+ Best Mahatma Gandhi Quotes & Wishes
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A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him.
The only devils in the world are those running around in our own hearts.
Jesus expressed, as no other could, the spirit and will of God.
Yes, I am. I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew.
Where love is, God is also there.
Hinduism is a relentless pursuit after truth.
Ahimsa is the highest duty.
The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.
Religion which takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
My patriotism is subservient to my religion.
I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills.
I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.
Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.
I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.
Machinery has its place; it has come to stay. But it must not be allowed to displace necessary human labour.
Khadi to me is the symbol of the unity of Indian humanity, of its economic freedom and equality.
Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty.
Machinery is the chief symbol of modern civilization; it represents a great sin.
The spirit of democracy cannot be imposed from without. It has to come from within.
Liberty and democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.
Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love.
Democracy disciplined and enlightened is the finest thing in the world.
Suffering cheerfully endured ceases to be suffering and is transmuted into an ineffable joy.
Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the humblest imaginable.
Satyagraha is gentle; it never wounds. It must not be the result of anger or malice.
The means may be likened to a seed, the end to a tree; there is just the same inviolable connection between the means and the end as there is between the seed and the tree.
They say, 'Means are after all means.' I would say, 'Means are after all everything.' As the means, so the end.
A man of truth must also be a man of care.
Experience has taught me that civility is the most difficult part of Satyagraha.
I worship God as Truth only. I have not yet found Him, but I am seeking after Him.
Religions are different roads converging upon the same point.
Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.
There is no god higher than truth.
Non-violence is a weapon of the strong.
Non-violence is the summit of bravery.
No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.
The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.
Whenever you are in doubt, apply the following test: recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen.
Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.
Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth.
Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as in being able to remake ourselves.
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.
A leader is useless when he acts against the promptings of his own conscience.
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.
If we are to reach real peace in this world, we shall have to begin with the children.
To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse than starving the body.
The highest honour my friends can do me is to enforce in their lives the programme that I stand for.
Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy.
Let no one say that he is a follower of Gandhi. It is enough that I should be my own follower.
I am a humble but very earnest seeker after truth.
Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.
I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance.
Violent means will give violent freedom.
A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.
We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal.
I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.
There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.