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I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.

I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.

Mahatma Gandhi
Spiritual, Children, Evil
Mahatma Gandhi (1948). “Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth”, p.276, Courier Corporation

I refuse to believe that the tendency of human nature is always downward.

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

Truth has drawn me into the field of politics; and I can say without the slightest hesitation, and yet in all humility, that those who say that religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion means.

Mahatma Gandhi
Mean, Humility, Fields
Mahatma Gandhi (1948). “Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth”, p.454, Courier Corporation

I travel third-class because there is no fouth-class.

Mahatma Gandhi
Class, Thirds

God can never be realized by one who is not pure of heart.

Mahatma Gandhi
God, Heart, Pure
Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.53, A&C Black

Before civil disobedience can be practised on a vast scale, people must learn the art of civil or voluntary obedience.

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

Belief in non-violence is based on the assumption that human nature in the essence is one and therefore unfailingly responds to the advances of love.

Mahatma Gandhi
Essence, Violence, Belief
Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (2007). “Gandhi on Non-Violence”, p.38, New Directions Publishing

Do not believe in telling people of one's faith, especially with a view to conversion. Faith must be lived, and when it is, it becomes self-propagating

Mahatma Gandhi
Wisdom, Fun, Believe

The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity.

Mahatma Gandhi
Leadership, Self Esteem, Self Confidence
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand (2010). “Wof : Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi”, p.84, Penguin Books India

Absolute calm is not the law of ocean. And it is the same with the ocean of life.

Mahatma Gandhi
Life, Ocean, Law

To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.

Mahatma Gandhi
Life, Nature, Humility
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.379, Rajpal & Sons

If we wish to create a lasting peace we must begin with the children.

Mahatma Gandhi
Peace, Children, Wish

Faith is a function of the heart. It must be enforced by reason. The two are not antagonistic as some think. The more intense one's faith is, the more it whets one's reason. When faith becomes blind it dies.

Mahatma Gandhi
Faith, Heart, Thinking
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.41, Courier Corporation

That nation is great which rests its head upon death as its pillow.

Mahatma Gandhi
Pillow, Nations, Nationalism
Mahatma Gandhi (2014). “Indian Home Rule”, p.77, The Floating Press

Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being. Without interrelation with society he cannot realize his oneness with the universe or suppress his egotism. His social interdependence enables him to test his faith and to prove himself on the touchstone of reality.

Mahatma Gandhi
Reality, Men, Self
Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.108, A&C Black

It took Britain half the resources of the planet to achieve its prosperity; how many planets will a country like India require?

Mahatma Gandhi
Country, Environmental, India

I abhor vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence.

Mahatma Gandhi
Philosophical, Animal, Discovery
Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.94, A&C Black

My idea of society is that while we are born equal, meaning that we have a right to equal opportunity, all have not the same capacity.

Mahatma Gandhi
Opportunity, Equality, Ideas
Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.135, A&C Black

In the very act of my non-co-operation, I am seeking their co-operation in my campaign.

Mahatma Gandhi
Campaigns, Operations, Seeking
Mahatma Gandhi (1972). “Collected Works”

Where there are millions upon millions of units of idle labour, it is no use thinking of labour-saving devices.

Mahatma Gandhi
Thinking, Use, Saving
Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “My Picture of Free India”

As soon as we become one with the ocean in the shape of God, there is no more rest for us, nor indeed do we need rest any longer.

Mahatma Gandhi
God, Ocean, Needs
Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Gita: The Mother”, Lahore, India : Indian Printing Works

Man is the center of a circle without a circumference, except the one he creates for himself.

Mahatma Gandhi
Men, Circles

My whole soul rebels against the idea that Hinduism and Islam represent two antagonistic cultures and doctrines.

Mahatma Gandhi
Ideas, Two, Soul
Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.7, Rajpal & Sons

Whomsoever you follow, howsoever great, see to it that you follow the spirit of the master and not imitate him mechanically.

Mahatma Gandhi
Spirit, Masters
Mahatma Gandhi (1928). “Young India”

Truth quenches untruth, love quenches anger, self-suffering quenches violence. This eternal rule is a rule not for saints only but for all.

Mahatma Gandhi
Truth, Self, Suffering
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”