Mahatma Gandhi

Political Science Indian 1869 – 1948 169 quotes

Leader of Indian independence, philosophy of nonviolence

Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

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

'Young India'

I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.

'Harijan'

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plain living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.

'Harijan'

A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.

'The Story of My Experiments with Truth'

It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.

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There is no school equal to a decent home and no teachers equal to honest virtuous parents.

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The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. He frees himself and shows the way to others. Freedom and slavery are mental states.

'Harijan'

There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.

'Satyagraha in South Africa'

If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.

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