Mahatma Gandhi Quotes about Prayer

The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

Wise, Prayer, Powerful

Begin your day with prayer, and make it so soulful that it may remain with you until the evening.

Prayer, May, Evening

Mahatma Gandhi (2011). “The Way to God: Selected Writings from Mahatma Gandhi”, p.53, North Atlantic Books

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Mahatma Gandhi

Inspirational, Spiritual, Prayer

Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.240, Courier Corporation

Prayer from the heart can achieve what nothing else can in the world.

Mahatma Gandhi

Prayer, Heart, World

Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (2007). “Gandhi on Non-Violence”, p.41, New Directions Publishing

I came to the conclusion long ago that all religions were true and that also that all had some error in them, and while I hold by my own religion, I should hold other religions as dear as Hinduism. So we can only pray, if we were Hindus, not that a Christian should become a Hindu; but our innermost prayer should be that a Hindu should become a better Hindu, a Muslim a better Muslim, and a Christian a better Christian.

Mahatma Gandhi

Christian, Spiritual, Prayer

Without prayer there is no inward peace.

Mahatma Gandhi

Peace, Prayer, Inward

Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.93, Rajpal & Sons

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

Prayer is an impossibility without a living faith in the presence of God within.

Mahatma Gandhi

Faith, Prayer, Presence Of God

Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.92, Rajpal & Sons

When every hope is gone, 'when helpers fail and comforts flee,' I find that help arrives somehow, from I know not where. Supplication, worship, prayer are no superstition; they are acts more real than the acts of eating, drinking, sitting or walking. It is no exaggeration to say that they alone are real, all else is unreal.

Mahatma Gandhi

Wise, Spiritual, Prayer

Mahatma Gandhi (1948). “Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth”, p.63, Courier Corporation

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul.

Mahatma Gandhi

Prayer, Philosophy, Soul

Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.240, Courier Corporation

God answers prayer in His own way, not ours.

Mahatma Gandhi

Prayer, Way, Answers

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

I believe that there is no prayer without fasting, and there is no real fast without prayer.

Mahatma Gandhi

Inspirational, Prayer, Real

Mahatma Gandhi (1951). “Satyagraha: Non-violent Resistance”

It ill becomes us to invoke in our daily prayers the blessings of God, the Compassionate, if we in turn will not practice elementary compassion toward our fellow creatures.

Mahatma Gandhi

Prayer, Animal, Blessing

Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.

Mahatma Gandhi

Good Morning, Prayer, Good Day

Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.33, Courier Corporation

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

Mahatma Gandhi

Inspirational, Prayer, Cancer

Mahatma Gandhi (2007). “Gandhi on Non-Violence”, p.87, New Directions Publishing

Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.

Mahatma Gandhi

Prayer, Weakness, Confession

Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.34, Courier Corporation

Life and death are but phases of the same thing, the reverse and obverse of the same coin. Death is as necessary for man's growth as life itself.

Mahatma Gandhi

Life, Death, Prayer

Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Light of India: The Message of the Mahatma”

Let not the spirit wander while the words of prayer run on out of our mouth.

Mahatma Gandhi

Running, Spiritual, Prayer

Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.32, Courier Corporation

The mundane use of the Gayatri, its repetition for healing the sick, illustrates the meaning we have given to prayer.

Mahatma Gandhi

Prayer, Healing, Sick

Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Fasting in Satyagraha: Its Use and Abuse”

Satyagraha is itself an unmistakable mute prayer of an agonized soul.

Mahatma Gandhi

Prayer, Soul, Satyagraha

Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Gandhigrams”

The man of prayer will be at peace with himself and with the whole world.

Mahatma Gandhi

Prayer, Men, World

Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.96, Rajpal & Sons

Worship or prayer is not to be performed with the lips, but with the heart.

Mahatma Gandhi

Prayer, Heart, Lips

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

No effort is complete without prayer - without definite recognition that the best human endeavor is of no effect if it has not God's blessing behind it.

Mahatma Gandhi

Prayer, Blessing, Effort

Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.32, Courier Corporation

Prayer is a sign of repentance, a desire to become better, purer.

Mahatma Gandhi

Prayer, Desire, Repentance

Mahatma Gandhi (1975). “Collected Works”

Prayer has been the saviour of my life. Without it I should have been a lunatic long ago.

Mahatma Gandhi

Prayer, Long Ago, Should Have