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.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.
A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.
Non-violence is the article of faith.
Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.
Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.
Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.
A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.
Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
Fear has its use but cowardice has none.
Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.
We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party.
Truth never damages a cause that is just.
Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.
Poverty is the worst form of violence.
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.
What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.
Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.
Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him.
Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.
In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.
Nobody can hurt me without my permission.
Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being.
Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.
Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.
I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.
Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.
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.
Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
