Memorable Quotes and quotations from Mahatma Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi Indian ascetic & nationalist leader (1869 – 1948) - I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers. - A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes. - There is more to life than increasing its speed - It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. - 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. - In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth. - 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. - The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes. - An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind. - Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress. - Live simply that others may simply live.
- Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress. - A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave. - Where there is love there is life. - The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. - To conceal ignorance is to increase it. An honest confession of it, however, gives ground for the hope that it will diminish some day or the other. - Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. - The future depends on what we do in the present. - I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill. - In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth. - Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well. - I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers. - The only devils in this world are those running around in our own hearts, and that is where all our battles should be fought. - When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall.
- The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - The future depends on what we do in the present. - Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes. - What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? - Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation. - One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds. - There are seven sins in the world: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice and politics without principle. - There is no path to peace. Peace is the path. - As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it. - There is more to life than increasing its speed. - Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. - Affection cannot be manufactured or regulated by law. If one has no affection for a person or a system, one should be free to give the fullest expression to his disaffection, so long as he does not contemplate, promote, or incite to violence.
- Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. - You must be the change you want to see in the world. - I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any. - It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity. - Hate the sin, love the sinner. - The outward freedom that we shall attain will only be in exact proportion to the inward freedom to which we may have grown at a given moment. And if this is a correct view of freedom, our chief energy must be concentrated on achieving reform from within. - I want freedom for the full expression on my personality. - In matters of conscience, the law of majority has no place. - The good man is the friend of all living things. - Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. - It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. - The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within. - Your beliefs become your thoughts. Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions become your habits. Your habits become your values. Your values become your destiny.
- An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. - We must become the change we want to see.
