Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison.

My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray.

Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of ones own religion.

Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.

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

Infinite striving to be the best is mans duty it is its own reward. Everything else is in Gods hands.

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.

What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.

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.

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

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.

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.

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.

Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.

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

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.

Sense perceptions can be and often are false and deceptive, however real they may appear to us. Where there is realization outside the senses, it is infallible. It is proved not by extraneous evidence but in the transformed conduct and character of those who have felt the real presence of God within.

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.

I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of Gods creation, woman, the object of our lust.