3,410 Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary.

Wherever flaxseeds become a regular food item among the people, there will be better health.

An institution that suffers from a plethora of leaders is surely in a bad way.

For my own part, I do not want the freedom of India if it means extinction of English or the disappearance of Englishmen.

Men should do their actual living and working in communities small enough to permit of genuine self-government and the assumption of personal responsibilities, federated into larger units in such a way that the temptation to abuse great power should not arise.

Rights of true citizenship accrue only to those who serve the State to which they belong.

If everybody lives by the sweat of his brow, the earth will become a paradise.

Man's happiness really lies in contentment.

Though violence is not lawful, when it is offered in self-defense or for the defense of the defenseless, it is an act of bravery far better than cowardly submission. The latter befits neither man nor woman. Under violence, there are many stages and varieties of bravery. Every man must judge this for himself. No other person can or has the right.