Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
Mahatma Gandhi

Heart, Single, Give

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
Mahatma Gandhi

Good, Honest, Often

It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.
Mahatma Gandhi

Religion, Business, True

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

Woman, Old, Prayer

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.
Mahatma Gandhi

Die, Cause, Prepared

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
Mahatma Gandhi

Wisdom, Sure, Might

Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
Mahatma Gandhi

Truth, Support, Public

Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
Mahatma Gandhi

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

Children, Evil, Soul

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
Mahatma Gandhi

Live, Dishonest

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.
Mahatma Gandhi

Men, Good, Others

Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies.
Mahatma Gandhi

Faith, Reason, Blind

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.
Mahatma Gandhi

Religion, Generosity, Race

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

Goal, Lies, Reach

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

Different, Essence, Religions

The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.
Mahatma Gandhi

Human, Small, Conscience

The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.
Mahatma Gandhi

Life, Live, Give

Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.
Mahatma Gandhi

Important, May, Whatever

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
Mahatma Gandhi

Law, Violence, Unjust

My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.
Mahatma Gandhi

Religion, God, Truth

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problem.
Mahatma Gandhi

Problem, Between, Difference

The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
Mahatma Gandhi

Change, Heart, Democracy

A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.
Mahatma Gandhi

Good, While, Changed

Where love is, there God is also.
Mahatma Gandhi

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

Life, Freedom, Living

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Biography

Nationality: Indian

Type: Leader

Born: October 2, 1869

Died: January 30, 1948

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