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Though I cannot claim to be a Christian in the sectarian sense, the example of Jesus suffering is a factor in the composition of my undying faith in non-violence which rules all my actions, worldly and temporal.

Though I cannot claim to be a Christian in the sectarian sense, the example of Jesus suffering is a factor in the composition of my undying faith in non-violence which rules all my actions, worldly and temporal.

Mahatma Gandhi
Christian, Jesus, Suffering
Mahatma Gandhi (1977). “Collected Works”

I claim to be no more than the average person with less than average ability. I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith.

Mahatma Gandhi
Inspirational, Motivational, Faith
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.198, Courier Corporation

The saving of labour of the individual should be the object and honest humanitarian considerations, and not greed, the motive.

Mahatma Gandhi
Greed, Saving, Honest
Mahatma Gandhi (1994). “The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings”, p.177, Grove Press

Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. 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. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?

Mahatma Gandhi
Destiny, Men, Self
Mahatma Gandhi, Rudrangshu Mukherjee (1993). “The Penguin Gandhi Reader”, p.91, Penguin Books India

A true soldier does not argue as he marches, how success is going to be ultimately achieved. But he is confident that if he only plays his humble part well, somehow or other the battle will be won. In is that spirit that every one of us should act. It is not given to us to know the future. But it is given to everyone of us to know how to do our own part well.

Mahatma Gandhi
Humble, Play, Soldier
Mahatma Gandhi (1950). “The Good Life”

The Divine Music is incessantly ringing within all of us, but the loud senses drown the delicate Music, which is unlike and infinitely superior to anything we can perceive with our senses.

Mahatma Gandhi
Divine, Loud, Music Is

Cow preservation is an article of faith in Hinduism.

Mahatma Gandhi
Cows, Hinduism, Preservation

Old as I am in age, I have no feeling that I have ceased to grow inwardly or that my growth will stop at the dissolution of the flesh. What I am concerned with is my readiness to obey the call of Truth, my God, from moment to moment, no matter how inconsistent it may appear. My commitment is to Truth, not to consistency.

Mahatma Gandhi
Commitment, Consistency, Feelings

By ahimsa we will be able to save the cow and also win the friendship of the English.

Mahatma Gandhi
Winning, Cows, Able
Mahatma Gandhi (1978). “Hindu Dharma”, p.125, Orient Paperbacks

To me I seem to be constantly growing. I must respond to varying conditions, yet remain changeless within.

Mahatma Gandhi
Growth, Growing, Seems
Mahatma Gandhi (1968). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

We are merely instruments of the Almighty's will and therefore ignorant of what helps us forward and what acts as an impediment. We must thus rest satisfied with the knowledge only of the means and if these are pure, we can fearlessly leave the end to take care of itself.

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

Evolution of democracy is not possible if we are not prepared to hear the other side.

Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom, Democracy, Sides
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.126, Courier Corporation

It is the best thing to blame ourselves when people cannot get on well with us. Boundless charity necessarily includes all or it ceases to be boundless. We must be strict with ourselves and lenient with our neighbors. For we know not their difficulties and what they overcome.

Mahatma Gandhi
People, Overcoming, Charity
Mahatma Gandhi (1986). “The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Truth and Non-Violence”, Clarendon Press

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.

Mahatma Gandhi
Inspirational, Life, Motivational
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”

... man was not born a carnivorous animal, but born to live on the fruits and herbs that the earth grows. I know we must all err. I would give up milk if I could, but I cannot. I have made that experiment times without number. I could not, after a serious illness, regain my strength, unless I went back to milk. That has been the tragedy of my life. But the basis of my vegetarianism is not physical, but moral. If anybody said that I should die if I did not take beef tea or mutton, even on medical advice, I would prefer death. That is the basis of my vegetarianism.

Mahatma Gandhi
Giving Up, Animal, Men
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

I do not consider Hitler to be as bad as he is depicted. He is showing an ability which is amazing and he seems to be gaining his victories without much bloodshed.

Mahatma Gandhi
Government, Victory, Bloodshed
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul.

Mahatma Gandhi
Inspirational, Faith, Spiritual
Mahatma Gandhi (2008). “My Experiments With Truth: An Autobiography”, p.405, Jaico Publishing House

In nature there is a fundamental unity running through all the diversity we see about us. Religions are given to mankind so as to accelerate the process of realisation of fundamental unity.

Mahatma Gandhi
Running, Diversity, Religion
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”

My religion teaches me to love all equally.

Mahatma Gandhi
Love, Teach
Mahatma Gandhi, U. R. Rao (1963). “The Way to Communal Harmony”, Ahmedabad, [India] : Navajivan Publishing House

An education which does not teach us to discriminate between good and bad, to assimilate the one and eschew the other, is a misnomer

Mahatma Gandhi
Education, Doe, Good And Bad
Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”

Disobedience to be civil has to be open and nonviolent.

Mahatma Gandhi
Nonviolence, Civil Disobedience, Disobedience
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1986). “The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation”, Clarendon Press

Study men following the law of their higher nature, the law of love, so that when you grow to manhood, you will have improved your heritage.

Mahatma Gandhi
Men, Law, Heritage

The only devils in the world are those running around in our own hearts - that is where the battle should be fought.

Mahatma Gandhi
Running, Freedom, Heart

Hinduism is like the Ganga, pure and unsullied at its source but taking in its course the impurities in the way. Even like the Ganga it is beneficent in its total effect. It takes a provincial form in every province, but the inner substance is retained everywhere.

Mahatma Gandhi
Substance, Way, Hinduism
Mahatma Gandhi (1950). “Hindu Dharma”

Civility does not ...mean the mere outward gentleness of speech cultivated for the occasion, but an inborn gentleness and desire to do the opponent good.

Mahatma Gandhi
Mean, Justice, Desire
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.106, Courier Corporation