171 Quotes By Mahatma Gandhi


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

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.
Mahatma Gandhi on peace

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 on politics

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

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.
Mahatma Gandhi on power

Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul.
Mahatma Gandhi on relationship

I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.
Mahatma Gandhi on religion

When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
Mahatma Gandhi on religion

It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.
Mahatma Gandhi on religion

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
Mahatma Gandhi on religion

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

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.
Mahatma Gandhi on religion

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

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.
Mahatma Gandhi on religion

One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
Mahatma Gandhi on religion

Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.
Mahatma Gandhi on religion

Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
Mahatma Gandhi on religion

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

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 on society

There is more to life than increasing its speed.
Mahatma Gandhi on society