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Mahatma Gandhi Quotes - Page 22

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Human dignity demands courage to defend oneself.

Human dignity demands courage to defend oneself.

Men, Demand, Dignity

Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today.

Hypocrite, Hypocrisy, Democracy

Mahatma Gandhi (1974). “Collected Works”

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world. I believe that they are all God- given and I believe that they were necessary for the people to whom these religions were revealed. And I believe that if only we could all of us read the scriptures of the different faiths from the standpoints of the followers of these faiths, we should find that they were at bottom all one and were all helpful to one another.

Believe, People, Diversity

Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.55, A&C Black

One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.

Honesty, Integrity, Character

Mahatma Gandhi (1950). “Hindu Dharma”

Real education consists in drawing the best out of yourself.

Real, Drawing, Real Education

Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.138, A&C Black

Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it

Peace, Sobriety, Passive Aggressive

Gandhi (Mahatma), Horace Gundry Alexander, National Committee for the Gandhi Centenary (1968). “Mahatma Gandhi: 100 years”

I am endeavouring to see God through service of humanity; for I know that God is neither in heaven, nor down below, but in everyone.

God, Heaven, Humanity

Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”

A man who has broken with his past feels a different man. He will not feel it a shame to confess his past wrongs, for the simple reason that these wrongs do not touch him at all.

Past, Simple, Men

Mahatma Gandhi (1927). “Young India”

Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding.

Anger, Interesting, Understanding

"Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects".

The truest test of civilization, culture and dignity is character and not clothing.

Character, Civilization, Culture

Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

I consider Western Christianity in its practical working a negation of Christ's Christianity.

Christianity, Negation, Western

Mahatma Gandhi (1924). “Young India: 1919-1922”

Who can deny that much that passes for science and art today destroys the soul instead of uplifting it and instead of evoking the best in us, panders to our basest passions?

Uplifting, Art, Passion

Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi”

A man of faith will remain steadfast to truth even though the whole world might appear to be enveloped in falsehood.

Truth, Men, World

Passive resistance is a method of securing rights by personal suffering; it is the reverse of resistance by arms.

Rights, Passive Resistance, Suffering

Mahatma Gandhi, Anthony J. Parel (1997). “Gandhi: 'Hind Swaraj' and Other Writings”, p.90, Cambridge University Press

Knowledge gained through experience is far superior and many times more useful than bookish knowledge.

Inspirational, Experience, Knowledge Gained

Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. If we want the Arms Act to be repealed, if we want to learn the use of arms, here is a golden opportunity. If the middle classes render voluntary help to Government in the hour of its trial, distrust will disappear, and the ban on possessing arms will be withdrawn.

Opportunity, Gun, Class

Mahatma Gandhi (2008). “My Experiments With Truth: An Autobiography”, p.465, Jaico Publishing House

Every murder or other injury, no matter for what cause, committed or inflicted on another is a crime against humanity.

Humanity, Matter, Causes

Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.81, A&C Black

I should love to satisfy all, if I possibly can; but in trying to satisfy all, I may be able to satisfy none. I have, therefore, arrived at the conclusion that the best course is to satisfy one’s own conscience and leave the world to form its own judgment, favorable or otherwise.

Spiritual, Trying, World

The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse of truth.

Crush, Wise, Humble

Mahatma Gandhi (1948). “Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth”, p.9, Courier Corporation

Men should do their actual living and working in communities small enough to permit of genuine self-government and the assumption of personal responsibilities, federated into larger units in such a way that the temptation to abuse great power should not arise.

Responsibility, Power, Men

A man can give up a right, but he may not give up a duty without being guilty of a grave dereliction.

Giving Up, Men, May

Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects”

Mental violence has no potency and injures only the person whose thoughts are violent. It is otherwise with mental non-violence. It has potency which the world does not yet know.

Doe, World, Violence

Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (2007). “Gandhi on Non-Violence”, p.59, New Directions Publishing

My mission is to convert every Indian, every Englishman and finally the world to nonviolence for regulating mutual relations, whether political, economic, social or religious.

Religious, Political, World

Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.101, A&C Black

Anger, lust and such other evil passions raging in the heart are the real untouchables.

Real, Heart, Passion

Mahatma Gandhi (1984). “The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words”

The Charkha is an outward symbol of truth and nonviolence.

Symbols, Nonviolence

Mahatma Gandhi (1984). “The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words”

Born: October 2, 1869 - January 30, 1948
Occupation: Civil rights leader

Quotes: 3171

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