3,410 Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

Voluntary service of others demands the best of which one is capable, and must take precedence over service of self.

Nonviolence has come among men and it will live. It is the harbinger of the peace of the world.

Ahimsa is one of the world's great principles, which no power on earth can wipe out.

Man and his deed are two distinct things. Whereas a good deed should call forth approbation and a wicked deed dis-approbation, the doer of the deed, whether good or wicked always deserves respect or pity as the case may be. Hate the sin and not the sinner is a precept which though easy enough to understand is rarely practised, and that is why the poison of hatred spreads in the world.

If love wasn't the law of life, life would not have persisted in the midst of death.

Your character must be above suspicion and you must be truthful and self-controlled.

No effort is complete without prayer - without definite recognition that the best human endeavor is of no effect if it has not God's blessing behind it.

Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.

For Hindus to expect Islam, Christianity or Zoroastrianism to be driven out of India is as idle a dream as it would be for Mussalmans to have only Islam of their imagination rule the world.