Mahatma Gandhi

Political Science Indian 1869 – 1948 169 quotes

Leader of Indian independence, philosophy of nonviolence

Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

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Man lives freely only when he lives by a self-imposed discipline.

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The golden rule of conduct is mutual toleration, seeing that we will never all think alike and we shall always see truth in fragment and from different angles of vision.

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

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Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him.

Talismans 1948

The good man is the friend of all living things.

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We must be the change we wish to see in the world.

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The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.

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There is no path to peace. Peace is the path.

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Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness.

Autobiography 1925

You must be the change you want to see in the world.

Hind Swaraj 1908

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

Speech 1930

Seven social sins: politics without principles, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, and worship without sacrifice.

Young India 1925

Truth never damages a cause that is just.

Hind Swaraj 1909

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

Interview 1930

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me.

Autobiography 1921

There are many causes I am prepared to die for; there is no cause I am prepared to kill for.

Speech 1940

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

Letter 1919

Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our very being.

Speech 1920