God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love it is the prerogative of the brave.
Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies.
Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.
Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
The good man is the friend of all living things.
Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.
God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.
Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary the evil it does is permanent.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.
My life is my message.
Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.
In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.
Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.
When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.
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.
Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.
Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment.
Peace is its own reward.
It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.
When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
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.
Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.
Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.
There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.
Each one prays to God according to his own light.
A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.
All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.
What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
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.
If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.
Those who know how to think need no teachers.
Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
Truth never damages a cause that is just.
It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.
What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.
Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.
Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.
Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
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.
Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.
Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.
I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.
Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us.
I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.
Morality is contraband in war.
Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.
Fear has its use but cowardice has none.
Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.
Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul.
Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.
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.
Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.
Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
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.
Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.
Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
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There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.
One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
Non-violence is the article of faith.
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.
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles but today it means getting along with people.