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Mahatma Gandhi Quotes - Page 37

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Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.

Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.

Inspirational, Lying, Goal

Mahatma Gandhi (1979). “Collected Works”

Force, violence, pressure, or compulsion with a view to conformity, are both uncivilized and undemocratic

Views, Patriotism, Democracy

The need of the moment is not one religion, but mutual respect and tolerance of the devotees of the different religions.

Tolerance, Religion, Different

Mahatma Gandhi (1968). “The Message of Mahatma Gandhi”

Hinduism dies if untouchability lives, and untouchability has to die if Hinduism is to live.

Hinduism, Untouchability, Ifs

Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

A satyagrahi must ceaselessly strive to realize and live truth. And he must never contemplate hurting anyone by thought, word or deed.

Hurt, Deeds, Realizing

I'm a lover of my own liberty, and so I would do nothing to restrict yours.

Liberty, Lovers, Patronage

Young India, January 21, 1927.

To die in the act of killing is, in essence, to die defeated.

Death, Essence, Killing

Mahatma Gandhi (2007). “Gandhi on Non-Violence”, p.61, New Directions Publishing

Diversity there certainly is in the world, but it means neither inequality nor untouchability.

Mean, Diversity, World

Mahatma Gandhi (1962). “All Religions are True”

A resolute and wise refusal to take part in festivities will be an incentive for introspection and self-purification.

Wise, Self, Incentives

Mahatma Gandhi (1949). “Communal Unity”

Detachment is not indifference. it is the prerequisite for effective involvement. Often what we think is best for others is distorted by our attachments to our opinions. We want others to be happy in the way we think they should be happy. It is only when we want nothing for ourselves that we are able to see clearly into others needs and understand how to serve them.

Yoga, Thinking, Attachment

We must widen the circle of our love till it embraces the whole village; the village in its turn must take into its fold the district, the district the province, and so on until the scope of our love becomes co-terminous with the world.

Love Is, Circles, World

I know of no system other than Hinduism under which a class has been set apart from generation to generation for the exclusive pursuit of divine knowledge and consigned to voluntary poverty.

Class, Generations, Poverty

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

I would like to say that that even the teachings of the Koran cannot be exempted from criticism.

Teaching, Islam, Criticism

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.

Peace, Joy, Spirit

Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.80, Courier Corporation

A great man may not do great things but they do ordinary things greatly.

Men, Ordinary, May

No one chains a slave without chaining himself.

Slavery, Slave, Chains

The whole existence of man is a ceaseless duel between the forces of life and death.

Life, Men, Force

Mahatma Gandhi (2000). “The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

A national spirit is necessary for national existence. A flag is a material aid to the development of such a spirit.

Flags, Development, Spirit

Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.

Beauty, Religious, Sunset

Mahatma Gandhi (1994). “The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings”, p.175, Grove Press

Journalism has become the art of "intelligent anticipation of events."

Art, Intelligent, Events

Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

I condemn, for all climes and for all times, secret murders and unfair methods even for a fair cause.

Secret, Violence, Causes

Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.208, Tara Publishing

We cannot, in a moment, get rid of habits of a lifetime.

Recovery, Addiction, Moments

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

If you will express the requisite purity of character in action, you cannot do it better than through the spinning wheel.

Character, Spinning, Wheels

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

There can be no rule of God in the present state of iniquitous inequalities in which a few roll in riches and the masses do not get enough to eat.

Riches, Hunger, Enough

Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.136, Courier Corporation

The instruments for the quest for Truth are as simple as they are difficult.

Truth, Simple, Quests

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

Quotes: 3171

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