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Mahatma Gandhi

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Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) was an Indian lawyer and political activist who became the leader of India's independence movement against British colonial rule. Through his philosophy of nonviolent resistance, Gandhi inspired civil rights and freedom movements across the world. He is widely regarded as one of the most transformative leaders in modern history.

“Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Truth

All Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

“The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Truth

“Each one prays to God according to his own light.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

God

“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

Business

“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.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Life

“I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary the evil it does is permanent.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Good

“If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Humor

“Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Great

“Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Nature

“Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Experience

“Where there is love there is life.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Life

“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

Faith

“Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Change

“Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Alone

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

God

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

God

“Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Anger

“There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

God

“All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Truth

“I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Truth

“A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Good