Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Born: Oct 2, 1869
Died: Jan 30, 1948
Faith God Man Religion Will World
Related authors: Bodhidharma Dayananda Saraswati Jawaharlal Nehru Lal Bahadur Shastri Paramahansa Yogananda Prem Rawat Ramakrishna Sai Baba
Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession. Mahatma Gandhi
Strength Confession Stronger Broom Dirt Clearer Feel Like Surface Leaves Errors Which Away Brighter
Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners. Mahatma Gandhi
Negroes Fact Being Dishonor Ashamed Grandchildren Million Slaves
Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living? Mahatma Gandhi
Life Freedom Man Breath Pay Living Would Price Never Dear Any
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. Mahatma Gandhi
Religion Business Enemy Other Enough Easy Mere True Himself True Religion Befriend Friendly Friends Quintessence Regards Your Who
Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature. Mahatma Gandhi
Love Nature You Man Evil Human Nature Despair Has-Been Must Brute Never Known Been Yield Human Essentially Influence Love You
Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress. Mahatma Gandhi
Progress Healthy Discontent Prelude
The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body. Mahatma Gandhi
Life Soul Thought Live Think Our Rightly Must Give Purpose Main Body Act
Partition is bad. But whatever is past is past. We have only to look to the future. Mahatma Gandhi
Future Past Whatever Bad Only Look Partition
The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart. Mahatma Gandhi
Democracy Change Heart Adjusted Abolition Spirit Forms Requires Mechanical Thing
Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education. Mahatma Gandhi
Life Education Building Personal Life Purity Indispensable Sound Condition Up Personal
Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being. Mahatma Gandhi
Man Ought Ideal Self-Sufficiency Being Interdependence Social Much
The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless. Mahatma Gandhi
World Law Sacrifice Throughout Demands Most Effective Bravest Uniform
It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh. Mahatma Gandhi
Strength You Soul Own My Own Proportion Firm Subdue Flesh Belief Grows
Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him. Mahatma Gandhi
Man Brother Only Never Freely Him Readiness His Man Lives Hands Die Lives Need
God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us. Mahatma Gandhi
Truth God Me Every Has-Been Price He Beyond Been May Us Treasure
Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed. Mahatma Gandhi
Will Evil Other Some Wrong Always Form Capital Use Needed
For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion. Mahatma Gandhi
Me Alien Every Ruler Opinion Public Public Opinion
Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be. Mahatma Gandhi
Great Man Own Live Living Other Latter Would Noble Like Cherish However His Than May Just Nations Body
Where love is, there God is also. Mahatma Gandhi
Love God Love Is Also Where
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. Mahatma Gandhi
Practice Every Compromise Imperfect Perfection Like Devise Principle Practise Limits Cannot Us Moment Beings Expression
I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others. Mahatma Gandhi
Myself Good Men Others Faults Presume Good Qualities Only Look Qualities Probe Being
God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless. Mahatma Gandhi
God Sometimes Try Those He Wishes Bless Does Whom
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. Mahatma Gandhi
God Witness Passion Mind Religious Composed Purely Purified Only Taken Vow Fit Cannot Which Act
Morality is contraband in war. Mahatma Gandhi
War Morality
I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force. Mahatma Gandhi
Welcome East Would Brute Brute Force Force West Provided Heartily Union Based
I took the vow of celibacy in 1906. I had not shared my thoughts with my wife until then, but only consulted her at the time of making the vow. She had no objection. Mahatma Gandhi
Time Thoughts Wife Took Objection Only Had Shared Until Vow She Making Celibacy Then Her
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