Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

Quotes

• First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.

• What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is brought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?

• I worship God as Truth only. I have not yet found Him, but I am seeking after Him. I am prepared to sacrifice the things dearest to me in pursuit of this quest. Even if the sacrifice demanded my very life, I hope I may be prepared to give it.

• Civilization is the encouragement of differences. Civilization thus becomes a synonym of democracy. Force, violence, pressure, or compulsion with a view to conformity, is both uncivilized and undemocratic.

• Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed.

• You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

• I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.

• Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

• Look at the sparrows; they do not know what they will do in the next moment. Let us literally live from moment to moment.

• Where there is love there is life.