3,410 Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

Hinduism is like the Ganga, pure and unsullied at its source but taking in its course the impurities in the way. Even like the Ganga it is beneficent in its total effect. It takes a provincial form in every province, but the inner substance is retained everywhere.

So far as I can see, the atomic bomb has deadened the finest feeling that has sustained for ages. There used to be so-called laws of war, which made it tolerable. Now we know the truth. War knows no law except that of might. The atomic bomb brought an empty victory but it resulted for the time being in destroying the soul of Japan. What has happened to the soul of the destroying nation is yet too early to see...

The Gita distinguishes between the powers of light and darkness and demonstrates their incompatibility.

A smattering of English is worse than useless; it is an unnecessary tax on our women.

As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it.

Breach of promise is a base surrender of truth.

What distinguishes man from the brute is his conscious striving to realise the spirit within.

Do not crave to know the views of others, nor base your intent thereon. To think independently for yourself is a sign of fearlessness.

Love never claims, it ever gives; love never suffers, never resents, never revenges itself. Where there is love there is life; hatred leads to destruction.