Mahatma Gandhi Quotes and SayingsMahatma Gandhi when asked what he thought of Western civilization |
| Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. ~Mahatma Gandhi Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress. ~Mahatma Gandhi It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. ~Mahatma Gandhi Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. ~Mahatma Gandhi Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation. ~Mahatma Gandhi It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity. ~Mahatma Gandhi I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers. ~Mahatma Gandhi Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress. ~Mahatma Gandhi 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. ~Mahatma Gandhi We must become the change we want to see. ~Mahatma Gandhi 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. ~Mahatma Gandhi The outward freedom that we shall attain will only be in exact proportion to the inward freedom to which we may have grown at a given moment. And if this is a correct view of freedom, our chief energy must be concentrated on achieving reform from within. ~Mahatma Gandhi 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. ~Mahatma Gandhi I think it would be a good idea. ~Mahatma Gandhi Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. ~Mahatma Gandhi The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. ~Mahatma Gandhi As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it. ~Mahatma Gandhi One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds. ~Mahatma Gandhi Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well. ~Mahatma Gandhi 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. ~Mahatma Gandhi |