Mahatma Gandhi

Political Science Indian 1869 – 1948 169 quotes

Leader of Indian independence, philosophy of nonviolence

Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

One's own religion is a matter between oneself and God alone.

Young India

I am a humble seeker after truth and bent upon finding it. I count no sacrifice too great for the sake of seeing God face to face.

Young India

I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.

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There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.

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

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I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

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

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I am a humble seeker after truth, and I am prepared to follow the truth to the ends of the earth.

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The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.

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

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There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.

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The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.

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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.

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Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the humblest imaginable.

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What is true of the individual is true of the universe.

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Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

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I am a humble seeker after truth and bent upon finding it. I count no sacrifice too great for the sake of attaining the goal.

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The moment there is a challenge, there is an opportunity to create something new.

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Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of humanity.

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The law of love could be best understood and practiced if we regarded ourselves as members of one family.

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