Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

Knowing the truth has meaning only as a first step to living the truth day by day.

The propagation of truth and nonviolence can be done less by books than by actually living on those principles.

A satyagrahi must ceaselessly strive to realize and live truth. And he must never contemplate hurting anyone by thought, word or deed.

Reflection is only a partial understanding of truth if it does not translate itself in practice into commitments to the common good and justice. Truth is not mere abstraction but something to be done and is only apprehended when this is realized.

Every moment of my existence is dedicated to the winning of Swaraj by means of truth and nonviolence.

My satyagrahi spirit tells me that I may not retaliate.

With God as witness, I want to proclaim this truth, that the way of violence cannot bring Swaraj, it can only lead to disaster.

Truth (satya) is positive, nonviolence is negative.

For a satyagrahi brigade only those are eligible who believe in ahimsa and satya.

Truth and nonviolence demand that no human being may debar himself from serving any other human being, no matter how sinful he may be.

The true master lives in truth, in goodness and restraint, non-violence, moderation, and purity.

My experience teaches me that truth can never be propagated by doing violence.

Truth is my religion and ahimsa is the only way of its realization.

Happiness can be built only on virtue, and must of necessity have truth for its foundation.

Ahimsa is the attribute of the soul, and therefore, to be practiced by everybody in all affairs of life. If it cannot be practiced in all departments, it has no practical value.

Honesty is the best policy ; a policy is, after all, a strategy for living in the polis in the city.

The Charkha is an outward symbol of truth and nonviolence.

Let us preach righteousness, and practice it. I do not wish to preach what I do not practice.

My modesty has prevented me from declaring from the house top that the message of non-co-operation, nonviolence and swadeshi is a message to the world.

It is far more difficult, I assure you, to live for the truth than to die for it.

Truth is self-evident, nonviolence is its maturest fruit. It is contained in truth, but is not self-evident.

Ahimsa is my God, and Truth is my God.

Total nonviolent non-cooperation has no place in popular Raj, whatever its level may be.

There is no "playing with truth" in the Charkha programme, for satyagraha is not predominantly civil disobedience but a quiet and irresistible pursuit of Truth.

However much I may sympathise with and admire worthy motives, I am an uncompromising opponent of violent methods even to serve the noblest of causes.