3,410 Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

I have known only one way of carrying on missionary work, viz., by personal example and discussion with searchers for knowledge.

My love of the British is equal to that of my own people.

Even a little untruth destroys a man, as a drop of poison ruins milk.

It is not a mistake to commit a mistake, for no one commits a mistake knowing it to be one. But it is a mistake not to correct the mistake after knowing it to be one. If you are afraid of committing a mistake, you are afraid of doing anything at all. You will correct your mistakes whenever you find them.

It is not given to man to know the whole Truth. His duty lies in living up to the truth as he sees it, and in doing so, to resort to the purest means, i.e., to non-violence. God alone knows absolute truth. Therefore, I have often said, Truth is God. It follows that man, a finite being, cannot know absolute truth. Nobody in this world possesses absolute truth. This is God's attribute alone. Relative truth is all we know. Therefore, we can only follow the truth as we see it. Such pursuit of truth cannot lead anyone astray.

The hardest heart and the grossest ignorance must disappear before the rising sun of suffering without anger and without malice.

What do I think of Western civilisation? I think it would be a very good idea.

I was a coward. I used to be haunted by the fear of thieves, ghosts and serpents. I did not dare to stir out of doors at night. Darkness was a terror to me. It was almost impossible for me to sleep in the dark, as I would imagine ghosts coming from one direction, thieves from another and serpents from a third. I could not therefore bear to sleep without a light in the room.

The richest grace of ahimsa will descend easily upon the owner of hard discipline.