3,410 Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

The spirit of non-violence necessarily leads to humility. Non-violence means reliance on God, the rock of ages. If we would seek his aid, we must approach Him with a humble and contrite heart.

God does not punish directly. His ways are inscrutable.

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.

Study men following the law of their higher nature, the law of love, so that when you grow to manhood, you will have improved your heritage.

The real difficulty is that people have no idea of what education truly is. We assess the value of education in the same manner as we assess the value of land or of shares in the stock-exchange market. We want to provide only such education as would enable the student to earn more. We hardly give any thought to the improvement of the character of the educated. The girls, we say, do not have to earn; so why should they be educated? As long as such ideas persist there is no hope of our ever knowing the true value of education.

Faith is a function of the heart....

Let our first act each morning be the following resolve: I shall not fear anyone on Earth. I shall fear only God.

A 'NO' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'YES' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.

Spiritual instruments suffer in their potency when their use is taught through non-spiritual messages which are self-propagating.