40 Quotes by Mohandas Gandhi

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.

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

In fact, it is more correct to say that Truth is God, than to say that God is Truth.

Truth should be the very breath of our life. When once this state in the pilgrim's progress is reached, all other rules of correct living will come without any effort, and obedience to them will be instinctive.

Our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as in being able to remake ourselves.

It is man's social nature which distinguishes him from the brute creation. If it is his privilege to be independent, it is equally his duty to be inter-dependent. Only an arrogant man will claim to be independent of everybody else and be self-contained.

يجب أن أفتح نوافذ بيتى لكى تهب علية رياح كل الثقافات , بشرط أن لا تقتلعنى من جذورى

Let no one say that he is a follower of Gandhi. It is enough that I should be my own follower. I know what an inadequate follower I am of myself, for I cannot live up to the convictions I stand for. You are no followers but fellow students, fellow pilgrims, fellow seekers, fellow workers.

Must I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.