Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
Leader of the Indian Nationalist movement against British rule, Mohandas "Mahatma" Gandhi is revered as the father of his country.
(1869 - 1948)
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A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
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A convert's enthusiasm for his new religion is greater than that of a person who is born in it.
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A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
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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. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favor by serving him. He is doing us a favor by giving us an opportunity to do so.
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A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.
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A man of truth must also be a man of care.
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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.
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A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.
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A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.
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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.
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A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
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A Satyagrahi loves his so-called enemy even as he loves his friend. He owns no enemy.
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A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
[Alter]
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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.
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A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.
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Action expresses priorities.
[Action]
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Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
[Action]
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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.
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All my actions have their rise in my inalienable love of mankind.
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All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.
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