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They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then they will have my dead body, but not my obedience.

They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then they will have my dead body, but not my obedience.

Mahatma Gandhi
Spiritual, Body, May

Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.

Mahatma Gandhi
Truth, Motherhood, Substance
Mahatma Gandhi (1994). “The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings”, p.17, Grove Press

It is not given to man to know the whole Truth. His duty lies in living up to the truth as he sees it, and in doing so, to resort to the purest means, i.e., to non-violence. God alone knows absolute truth. Therefore, I have often said, Truth is God. It follows that man, a finite being, cannot know absolute truth. Nobody in this world possesses absolute truth. This is God's attribute alone. Relative truth is all we know. Therefore, we can only follow the truth as we see it. Such pursuit of truth cannot lead anyone astray.

Mahatma Gandhi
Truth, Lying, Mean

Civil disobedience is the inherent right of a citizen.

Mahatma Gandhi
Citizens, Inherent, Disobedience
Mahatma Gandhi, Rudrangshu Mukherjee (1993). “The Penguin Gandhi Reader”, p.148, Penguin Books India

Forgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love.

Mahatma Gandhi
Love, Forgiveness, Positive Thinking

Democracy and dependence on the military and police are incompatible.

Mahatma Gandhi
Military, Police, Democracy

Bravery is not man's monopoly.

Mahatma Gandhi
Men, Bravery, Monopoly
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.302, Rajpal & Sons

You may think your actions are meaningless and that they won't help, but that is no excuse, you must still act.

Mahatma Gandhi
Thinking, Excuse You, Environmental

The best politics is right action.

Mahatma Gandhi
Politics, Action, Right Action

My greatest weapon is mute prayer.

Mahatma Gandhi
Prayer, Silence, Weapons
Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (1965). “Gandhi on Non-violence”, p.44, New Directions Publishing

The most heinous and the most cruel crimes of which history has record have been committed under the cover of religion or equally noble motives.

Mahatma Gandhi
Religious, Atheist, Fear

Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.

Mahatma Gandhi
Truth, Speak Your Mind, Minorities

Always believe in your dreams, because if you don't, you'll still have hope.

Mahatma Gandhi
Dream, Hope, Believe
Young India, March 23, 1924.

When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.

Mahatma Gandhi
Strength, Don't Give Up, Courtesy
Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi”

Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man you have seen, and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going to be any use to him.

Mahatma Gandhi
Men, Use, Faces

I find that we are all such sinners that it is better to leave the judging to God.

Mahatma Gandhi
Judging, Sinner

A man who behaves like a beast is worse than the beast.

Mahatma Gandhi
Men, Beast, Behave
Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “Collected Works”

I learned from Hussain how to be wronged and be a winner, I learnt from Hussain how to attain victory while being oppressed.

Mahatma Gandhi
Spiritual, Victory, Hussain

Satan mostly employs comparatively moral instruments and the language of ethics to give his aims an air of respectability.

Mahatma Gandhi
Air, Giving, Ethics
Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my personal affair. The state has nothing to do with it. The state would look after your secular welfare, health, communications, foreign relations, currency and so on, but not your or my religion. That is everybody's personal concern!

Mahatma Gandhi
Spiritual, Communication, Secular Society
Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.75, A&C Black

Faith is not a delicate flower which would wither away under the slightest stormy weather.

Mahatma Gandhi
Faith, Flower, Weather
"The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words".

No man loses his freedom except through his own weakness.

Mahatma Gandhi
Men, Weakness, Loses
Mahatma Gandhi (1994). “The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings”, p.264, Grove Press

The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.

Mahatma Gandhi
Faith, Essence, Religion
Mahatma Gandhi (1968). “The Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi: Satyagraha in South Africa”

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won.

Mahatma Gandhi
Sad, Peace, Truth

What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.

Mahatma Gandhi
Truth, Heart, Hopeful
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”