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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.

“Peace is its own reward.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Peace

All Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

“The good man is the friend of all living things.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Good

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Strength

“Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Anger

“Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.”

— 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

“Fear has its use but cowardice has none.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Fear

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

God

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

Anger

“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.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Life

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

Peace

“An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Truth

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

Nature

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

Politics

“Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Freedom

“Truth never damages a cause that is just.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Truth

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Freedom

“Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Morning

“Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Truth

“A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Good

“Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Faith