Gandhi Jayanti Quotes

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

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

For me, the different religions are beautiful flowers from the same garden, or they are branches of the same majestic tree. Therefore, they are equally true, though being received and interpreted through human instruments equally imperfect.

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

A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.

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

The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles.

Whenever you are confronted with an opponent, conquer him with love.

Hatred ever kills, love never dies such is the vast difference between the two. What is obtained by love is retained for all time. What is obtained by hatred proves a burden in reality for it increases hatred.

Whenever I see an erring man, I say to myself I have also erred; when I see a lustful man I say to myself, so was I once; and in this way I feel kinship with everyone in the world and feel that I cannot be happy without the humblest of us being happy.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacity.

A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.

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

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

I have worshiped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.

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.

Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.

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

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

Poverty is but the worst form of violence.

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.

I claim no perfection for myself. But I do claim to be a passionate seeker after Truth, which is but another name for God.

The principle of majority does not work when differences on fundamentals are involved.

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