3,410 Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

In doing something, do it with love or never do it at all.

Swaraj means, a state such that we can maintain our separate existence without the presence of the English.

The devotion of such titans of spirit as Lenin to an Ideal must bear fruit. The nobility of his selflessness will be an example through centuries to come, and his Ideal will reach perfection.

The strength to kill is not essential for self-defense; one ought to have the strength to die. When a man is fully ready to die, he will not even desire to offer violence. Indeed, I may put it down as a self-evident proposition that the desire to kill is in inverse proportion to the desire to die. And history is replete with instances of men who by dying with courage and compassion on their lips converted the hearts of their violent opponents.

Intolerance, discourtesy and harshness..... are taboo in all good society and are surely contrary to the spirit of democracy.

The unlimited capacity of the plant world to sustain man at his highest is a region as yet unexplored by modern science.

People say true friends must always hold hands, but true friends don't need to hold hands because they know the other hand will always be there.

Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.