Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

Quotes

• It is not possible to conceive gods inhabiting a land which is made hideous by the smoke and din of mill chimneys and factories and whose roadways are traversed by rushing engines dragging numerous cars crowded with men mostly who know not what they are after.

• I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough in me to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

• He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.

• I am a humble but very earnest seeker after truth.

• I am in the world feeling my way to light amid the encircling gloom.

• I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.

• Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

• In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.

• Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy.

• The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

• Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.

• One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.

• As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it.

• You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

• Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

• It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

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

• We must become the change we want to see.

• Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.

• I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any.