3,410 Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

The true battlefield is within.

No man could be actively nonviolent and not rise against social injustice, no matter where it occurred.

A true soldier does not argue as he marches, how success is going to be ultimately achieved. But he is confident that if he only plays his humble part well, somehow or other the battle will be won. In is that spirit that every one of us should act. It is not given to us to know the future. But it is given to everyone of us to know how to do our own part well.

A civilization based on nonviolence must be different from that organized for violence.

The devotee of truth is often obliged to grope in the dark.

Patience means self-suffering.

The Charkha is intended to realize the essential and living oneness of interest among India's myriads.

Passive resistance is a method of securing rights by personal suffering; it is the reverse of resistance by arms.

Prayer needs no speech. It is in itself independent of any sensuous effort. But it must be combined with the utmost humility.