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Mahatma Gandhi Quotes - Page 36

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Unlike the animal, God has given man the faculty of reason.

Unlike the animal, God has given man the faculty of reason.

Animal, Men, Reason

Mahatma Gandhi (1950). “Hindu Dharma”

Fear gone, there can be no hatred.

Hatred, Gone, Anticipation

Mahatma Gandhi (2007). “Gandhi on Non-Violence”, p.56, New Directions Publishing

If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty.

Struggle, School, Government

Mahatma Gandhi (1969). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

Poverty is the greatest violence.

Poverty, Violence

Self-defense...is the only honourable course where there is unreadiness for self-immolation.

Self, Defense, Revolutionary

A person unbound by vows can never be absolutely relied upon.

Vow, Unbound, Persons

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

An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.

Inspirational, Practice, Interesting

Speech by H.E. Vicki Treadell, British High Commissioner to Malaysia, at 16th Gandhi Memorial Lecture, www.gov.uk. October 13, 2016.

Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado or loneliness. It consists in daring to do the right thing and facing consequences whether it is in matters social, political or other. It consists in deeds not words.

Spiritual, Loneliness, Character

Nonviolent nationalism is a necessary condition of corporate or civilized life.

Civilized, Corporate, Nations

Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

A genuine satyagraha should never excite contempt in the opponent even when it fails to command regard or respect.

Opponents, Failing, Should

Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

Man must choose either of the two courses, the upward or the downward; but as he has the brute in him, he will more easily choose the downward course than the upward, especially when the downward course is presented to him in a beautiful garb. Man easily capitulates when sin is presented in the garb of virtue.

Beautiful, Men, Two

Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.45, Courier Corporation

Even as wisdom often comes from the mouths of babes, so does it often come from the mouths of old people. The golden rule is to test everything in the light of reason and experience, no matter from where it comes.

Truth, Light, People

Mahatma Gandhi (1975). “Collected Works”

To conceal ignorance is to increase it. An honest confession of it, however, gives ground for the hope that it will diminish some day or the other.

Ignorance, Giving, Honest

If we want to cultivate a true spirit of democracy we cannot afford to be intolerant. Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.

Struggle, Democracy, Want

Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.27, Rajpal & Sons

A fearless woman who knows that her purity is her best shield can never be dishonoured.

Women, Fearless, Shields

Mahatma Gandhi (1951). “Collected Works”

I understand democracy as something that gives the weak the same chance as the strong.

Strong, Freedom, Democracies Have

Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make, not only for our own happiness, but that of the world at large.

Happiness, Leadership, Wisdom

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

Far more indispensable then food for the physical body is spiritual nourishment for the soul. One can do without food for a considerable time, but a man of the spirit cannot exist for a single second without spiritual nourishment.

Spiritual, Men, Soul

Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rabindranath Tagore (1968). “Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore: Being a Treasury of Over Ten Thousand Invaluable and Inspiring Thoughts, Views, and Obervations on about Eight Hundred Subjects of Popular Interest, Collected from the Speeches and Writings of These Three Great Leaders of Modern India”

The weak can never forgive.

Strength, Being Strong, Forgiveness

Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.155, A&C Black

If a man voluntarily allows himself to be crushed, he yields the oil of moral energy which sustains the world.

Men, Yield, Oil

Mahatma Gandhi (1963). “Collected Works”

There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness.

Hunger, Unhappiness, Finest

I believe that the sum total of the energy of mankind is not to bring us down but to lift us up, and that is the result of the definite, if unconscious, working of the law of love. The fact that mankind persists shows that the cohesive force is greater than the disruptive force, centripetal force greater than centrifugal.

Love, Believe, Law

Mahatma Gandhi (1971). “Collected Works”

I believe it to be perfectly possible for an individual to adopt the way of life of the future. . . without having to wait for others to do so.

Inspiring, Believe, Waiting

I came to the conclusion long ago . . . that all religions were true, and also that all had some error in them.

Errors, Long Ago, Religion

Mahatma Gandhi (2012). “The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas”, p.184, Vintage

Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.

Betrayal, Tolerance, Betrayed

Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.18, Courier Corporation

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

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