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Mahatma Gandhi [1869-1948] Indian

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Leader, Civil rights leader

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.

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Quote	Tags	Rank
Where there is love there is life.	Life, Love	3
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.	Happiness	101
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.	Change	102
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.	Best	103
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.	Forgiveness	104
When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.	Beauty, Religion	105
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.	Learning	106
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.	Peace	107
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.	Faith, Society	108
Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.	Fear, Love, Power	109
Nobody can hurt me without my permission.	Strength	110
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.		111
In a gentle way, you can shake the world.	Inspirational	112
Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.	Anger	113
A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.		114
Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.	Anger	115
It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.	Health	116
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.	Strength	117
It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?	Mother's Day	118
My life is my message.	Life	119
Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.	Truth	120
Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.	Good	121
Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.		122
Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.		123
Action expresses priorities.		124
The good man is the friend of all living things.	Good, Nature	125
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.		126
There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.		202
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.		203
There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.		204
An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.	Truth	205
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.		206
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.	Love	207
Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.	Truth	208
A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.		209
To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.		210
Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.	Best, God	211
It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.	Men	212
I took the vow of celibacy in 1906. I had not shared my thoughts with my wife until then, but only consulted her at the time of making the vow. She had no objection.	Time	213
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.	God	214
There is more to life than increasing its speed.	Life	215
Truth never damages a cause that is just.	Truth	216
Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.	Peace	217
Fear has its use but cowardice has none.	Fear	218
Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.		219
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.	History	220
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.		221
Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.	Morning, Religion	222
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.		223
It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.	God, Work	224
Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.		225
Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.	Good	226
An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.		301
That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.		302
I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.		303
We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.		304
Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.	Politics, Religion	305
Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.	Faith	306
Non-violence is the article of faith.	Faith	307
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.	Leadership, Time	308
A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.	Easter, Good	309
Poverty is the worst form of violence.		310
Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being.		311
Those who know how to think need no teachers.	Teacher	312
There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.	Faith, God	313
I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of God's creation, woman, the object of our lust.	God	314
God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.	God, Truth	315
Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.	Freedom	316
My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.	God, Religion, Truth	317
It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head.		318
Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment.		319
Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.	Death	320
If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty.		321
Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.	Religion	322
The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.		323
Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.	Great, Men	324
God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.	God	325
When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.	Strength	326
I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.	Good, Men	401
Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone.		402
The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.		403
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.		404
The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.		405
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.	Faith, History	406
Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.	Alone, Faith, God	407
Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.	Great	408
Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.	Happiness	409
Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.	Strength	410
Peace is its own reward.	Peace	411
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.	Age	412
Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.		413
You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.		414
I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.		415
Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.		416
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.	Business, Religion	417
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?		418
To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body.		419
We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.	Anger, Nature	420
I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.	Truth	421
Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.		422
Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French.		423
We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.		424
Partition is bad. But whatever is past is past. We have only to look to the future.	Future	425
My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray.	Religion	426
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.	Politics	501
I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.	Equality	502
Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians - you are not like him.	Religion	503
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.	Freedom	504
We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party.		505
In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.		506
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.	Peace, War	507
Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.		508
Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him.		509
The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.		510
A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.		511
Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.		512
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.		513
The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.	Great	514
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.		515
Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.		516
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.	Wisdom	517
The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.		518
Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.	Change	519
Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.	Society	520
Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison.	Religion	521
I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.	Future	522
One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.	Religion	523
A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.	Religion	524
Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.	Age, Religion	525
A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.		526
If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.	Faith, Patience	601
Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul.	Relationship	602
Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.	Truth	603
But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.	Faith	604
Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.		605
We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?		606
I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.		607
I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.		608
God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us.	God, Truth	609
Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.	Nature	610
Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.		611
Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.	Faith	612
Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.		613
A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.		614
A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.		615
I claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one another.	Society	616
Self-respect knows no considerations.		617
What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.	Hope	618
Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.	Truth	619
I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.		620
Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.	Faith, Peace	621
I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough in me to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.		622
I am a humble but very earnest seeker after truth.	Truth	623
I am in the world feeling my way to light 'amid the encircling gloom.'		624
Ours is one continued struggle against degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the European, who desire to degrade us to the level of the raw Kaffir, whose occupation is hunting and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with, and then pass his life in indolence and nakedness.		625
Sense perceptions can be and often are false and deceptive, however real they may appear to us. Where there is realization outside the senses, it is infallible. It is proved not by extraneous evidence but in the transformed conduct and character of those who have felt the real presence of God within.		626
I think it is the height of ignorance to believe that the sexual act is an independent function necessary like sleeping or eating. Seeing, therefore, that I did not desire more children, I began to strive after self-control. There was endless difficulty in the task.		701
If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.	Humor	702
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.	Good	703
Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.	Truth	704
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.		705
Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.	Religion	706
Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.	Education	707
All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.	Truth	708
Each one prays to God according to his own light.	Faith	709
Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.		710
Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive.		711
There is an orderliness in the universe, there is an unalterable law governing everything and every being that exists or lives. It is no blind law; for no blind law can govern the conduct of living beings.		712
Man is supposed to be the maker of his destiny. It is only partly true. He can make his destiny, only in so far as he is allowed by the Great Power.		713
Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.	Experience, Faith	714
All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.		715
Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.		716
I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.		717
Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.		718
Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.		719
We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.		720
Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.		721
The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.		722
Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.		723
Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.	Death, Faith, Fear, Religion	724
Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.		725
Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.		726
Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.	Faith, Fear	801
Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?	Freedom	802
No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.		803
Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies.	Faith	804
I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.		805
Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.		806
What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.		807
Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.	Faith	808
For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.		809
It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.	Strength	810
There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.		811
The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.		812
Where love is, there God is also.		813
Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.		814
I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.		815
I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.	Anger	816
Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.		817
Morality is contraband in war.		818
A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.		819
Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.		820
God cannot be realized through the intellect. Intellect can lead one to a certain extent and no further. It is a matter of faith and experience derived from that faith.	Faith	821
He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.		822
I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek - I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man.	Forgiveness	823
If a man reaches the heart of his own religion, he has reached the heart of the others, too. There is only one God, and there are many paths to him.		824
I wear the national dress because it is the most natural and the most becoming for an Indian.		825
Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.		826
Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.		901

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