Mahatma Gandhi
352 quotes
Biography
"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
"Where there is love there is life."
"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind."
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."
"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always."
"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win."
"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."
"Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart."
"Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes."
"Nobody can hurt me without my permission."
"God has no religion."
"If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide."
"Hate the sin, love the sinner."
"I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet."
"What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope."
"Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, Your values become your destiny."
"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."
"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."
"A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes."
"Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day:- I shall not fear anyone on Earth. - I shall fear only God. - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering."
"To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer."
"The future depends on what you do today."
"To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body."
"Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning."