3,410 Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

It dawned upon me that fasting could be made as powerful a weapon of indulgence as of restraint

An ideal sanctified by the sacrifices of such master spirits as Lenin cannot go in vain, the noble example of their renunciation will be emblazoned for ever and quicken and purify the ideal as time passes.

Religion is not what you will get after reading all the scriptures of the world. It is not really what is grasped by the grain. It is a heart grasp.

There is no such thing as slow freedom. Freedom is like a birth. Till we are fully free we are slaves. All birth takes place in a moment.

Study not man in his animal nature - man following the laws of the jungle - but study man in all his glory.

A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.

A devotee of Rama may be said to be the same as the steadfast one (sthitaprajnya) of the Gita.

Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty. Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms. To observe morality is to attain mastery over our mind and our passions. So doing, we know ourselves.

It amazes me to find an intelligent person who fights against something which he does not at all believe exists.