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The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Mahatma Gandhi
Encouragement, Freedom, Business
"The Power of Purpose: Find Meaning, Live Longer, Better". Book by Richard Leider, p. 35., 2010.

Peace is its own reward.

Mahatma Gandhi
Peace, Freedom, Rewards

Democracy is not a state in which people act like sheep.

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

My notion of democracy is that under it the weakest shall have the same opportunities as the strongest... no country in the world today shows any but patronizing regard for the weak... Western democracy, as it functions today, is diluted fascism... true democracy cannot be worked by twenty men sitting at the center. It has to be worked from below, by the people of every village.

Mahatma Gandhi
Country, Freedom, Opportunity

Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.

Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom, Libertarian Party, Democracy
Mahatma Gandhi (2012). “The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas”, p.144, Vintage

I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.

Mahatma Gandhi
Inspirational, Spiritual, Freedom

Nonviolence is not a weapon of the weak. It is a weapon of the strongest and bravest.

Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom, Democracy, Weapons
Mahatma Gandhi (1976). “Collected Works”

Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something,it makes me incapable of doing it. When I believe I can,I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn’t have it in the beginning.’"Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom, Believe, Men

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.

Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom, Mistake, Struggle
Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi”

Freedom and slavery are mental states.

Mahatma Gandhi
Motivational, Freedom, Slavery
'Non-Violence in Peace and War' (1949) vol. 2, ch. 5

Retaliation is counter-poison and poison breeds more poison. The nectar of Love alone can destroy the poison of hate.

Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom, Hate, Democracy
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. Freedom and slavery are mental states.

Mahatma Gandhi
Inspirational, Freedom, Fall
Non-Violence in Peace and War (1949) vol. 2, ch. 5

I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the culture of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any

Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom, Land, Feet
Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.142, A&C Black

No society can possibly be built on a denial of individual freedom.

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

Evolution of democracy is not possible if we are not prepared to hear the other side.

Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom, Democracy, Sides
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.126, Courier Corporation

The only devils in the world are those running around in our own hearts - that is where the battle should be fought.

Mahatma Gandhi
Running, Freedom, Heart

We want freedom for our country, but not at the expense or exploitation of others, not so as to degrade other countries.

Mahatma Gandhi
Country, Freedom, Want
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.245, Courier Corporation

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.

Mahatma Gandhi
Truth, Freedom, Law
Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Gandhigrams”

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.

Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom, Able, Doe
Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi”

To answer brutality with brutality is to admit one's moral and intellectual bankruptcy.

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

Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?

Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom, 4th Of July, Men
Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi”

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

Mahatma Gandhi
Strong, Freedom, Democracies Have

A slave- holder, who has decided to abolish slavery, does not consult his slaves whether they desire freedom or not.

Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom, Desire, Doe
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.125, Courier Corporation

I well remember how the thoughts I had up to the time of my discharge from the jail on every occasion were modified immediately after discharge, and after getting first-hand information myself. Somehow or other the jail atmosphere does not allow you to have all the bearings in your mind.

Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom, Jail, Hands
Mahatma Gandhi (2012). “The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas”, p.158, Vintage

Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.

Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom, Thoughtful, Action