3,410 Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

Civilization, in the real sense of the term, consists not in the multiplication, but in the deliberate and voluntary reduction of wants.

If I preach against the modern artificial life of sensual enjoyment, and ask men and women to go back to the simple life epitomized in the charkha, I do so because I know that without an intelligent return to simplicity, there is no escape from our d.

The principle of majority does not work when differences on fundamentals are involved.

I came to the conclusion long ago . . . that all religions were true, and also that all had some error in them.

It is wonderful, if we chose the right diet, what an extraordinarily small quantity would suffice.

Non-violent resistance implies the very opposite of weakness. Defiance combined with non-retaliatory acceptance of repression from one's opponents is active, not passive. It requires strength, and there is nothing automatic or intuitive about the resoluteness required for using non-violent methods in political struggle and the quest for Truth.

The path of Truth is as narrow as it is straight. Even so is that of ahimsa.

God took and needed no personal service. He served His creatures without demanding any service for Himself in return.

Be congruent, be authentic, be your true self.