3,410 Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul.

Even the most despotic government cannot stand except for the consent of the governed.... Immediately the subject ceases to fear the despotic force, his power is gone.

The alphabet of ahimsa is best learnt in domestic school and I can say from experience that if we secure success there, we are sure to do so everywhere else.

The external freedom won't be given to us but in the exact measure as we've known at a given moment, to developing our internal freedom.

To put up with. . . distortions and to stick to one's guns come what may -- this is the. . . gift of leadership.

The soul of India lives in its villages.

Throughout the history of mankind there have been murderers and tyrants; and while it may seem momentarily that they have the upper hand, they have always fallen. Always.

If the poet spun for half an hour daily, his poetry would gain in richness.

Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.