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Truth is self-evident, nonviolence is its maturest fruit. It is contained in truth, but is not self-evident.

Truth is self-evident, nonviolence is its maturest fruit. It is contained in truth, but is not self-evident.

Mahatma Gandhi
Truth, Self, Fruit

A principle is a principle and in no case can it be watered down because of our incapacity to live it in practice. We have to strive to achieve it, and the striving should be conscious, deliberate and hard.

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

I have not know a worthy son to whom his mother appeared ugly.

Mahatma Gandhi
Mother, Son, Ugly

Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.

Mahatma Gandhi
Good Morning, Prayer, Good Day
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.33, Courier Corporation

The lower animals are our brethren. I include among them the lion and the tiger. We do not know how to live with these carnivorous beasts and poisonous reptiles because of our ignorance.

Mahatma Gandhi
Ignorance, Animal, Reptiles
Mahatma Gandhi (1969). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

An unjust law in itself is an act of violence.

Mahatma Gandhi
Law, Unjust, Violence

Love requires that true education should be easily accessible to all and should be of use to every villager in this daily life. The emphasis laid on the principle of spending every minute of one's life usefully is the best education for citizenship.

Mahatma Gandhi
Educational, Principles, Use

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

Mahatma Gandhi
Inspirational, Prayer, Cancer
Mahatma Gandhi (2007). “Gandhi on Non-Violence”, p.87, New Directions Publishing

I may be a despicable person, but when Truth speaks through me I am invincible.

Mahatma Gandhi
Spiritual, May, Speak
Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.70, A&C Black

After long study and experience, I have come to the conclusion that (1) all religions are true; (2) all religions have some error in them; (3) all religions are almost as dear to me as my own Hinduism, in as much as all human beings should be as dear to one as one's own close relatives.

Mahatma Gandhi
Errors, Long, Religion
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.16, Courier Corporation

A nonviolent occupation is that occupation which is fundamentally free from violence and which involves no exploitation or envy of others.

Mahatma Gandhi
Envy, Occupation, Violence
Mahatma Gandhi (1966). “Socialism of My Conception”

Golden fetters are no less galling to a self-respecting man that iron ones; the sting lies in the fetters, not in the metal.

Mahatma Gandhi
Lying, Men, Self
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”

Each and every one of you should consider himself to be a trustee for the welfare of the rest of his fellow labourers and not be self-seeking.

Mahatma Gandhi
Self, Welfare, Should
Mahadev Haribhai Desai, Gandhi (Mahatma) (1928). “With Gandhiji in Ceylon: a journal of the tour with authorised version of all important speeches”

You cannot cure a lesser evil by a greater evil.

Mahatma Gandhi
Evil, Cures, Lesser Evil
Source: gandhiking.ning.com

Let the Jews who claim to be the chosen race prove their title by choosing the way of non-violence for vindicating their position on earth. Every country is their home, including Palestine, not by aggression but by loving service

Mahatma Gandhi
Country, Home, Race
Mahatma Gandhi (1994). “The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings”, p.321, Grove Press

There is no love where there is no will

Mahatma Gandhi
No Love
Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.100, Tara Publishing

Power is of two kinds: one is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love.

Mahatma Gandhi
Love, Power, Greatest Fear
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

As the means, so the end.

Mahatma Gandhi
Mean, Strategy, Ends
Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.74, A&C Black

Harshness is conquered by gentleness, hatred by love, lethargy by zeal and darkness by light.

Mahatma Gandhi
Hate, Light, Hatred
Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

For a non-violent person the whole world is one family. He will thus fear none, nor will others fear him.

Mahatma Gandhi
Fear, World, Persons
"Gandhi on Non-Violence".

A man, whilst he is dreaming, believes in his dream; he is undeceived only when he is awakened from his slumber.

Mahatma Gandhi
Dream, Spiritual, Believe

Nothing will demoralize the nation so much as that we should learn to despise labour.

Mahatma Gandhi
Should, Despise, Nations
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.

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

They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.

Mahatma Gandhi
Inspirational, Wise, Respect
"Fictional character: Mohandas K. Gandhi". "Gandhi", 1982.

Religion is a thing to be lived. It is not merely sophistry.

Mahatma Gandhi
Religion, Sophistry
Surendra Varmā, Mahatma Gandhi (1970). “Metaphysical Foundation of Mahatma Gandhi's Thought”