Mahatma Gandhi

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.

Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.

Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.

Truth never damages a cause that is just.

My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.

I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.

Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.

God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us.

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.

God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.

Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.

The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.

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.

Morality is contraband in war.

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.

It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.

Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.

It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?

The good man is the friend of all living things.

Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.

We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.

If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

Peace is its own reward.

Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

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

There is more to life than increasing its speed.

My life is my message.

Where there is love there is life.

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

It is the duty of every thoughtful Indian not to marry. In case he is helpless in regard to marriage, he should abstain from sexual intercourse with his wife.

Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.

Man is supposed to be the maker of his destiny. It is only partly true. He can make his destiny, only in so far as he is allowed by the Great Power.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

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

I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek - I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.

Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?

Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.

I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.

Partition is bad. But whatever is past is past. We have only to look to the future.

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.

There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.