Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is also called Bapu (Gujarati: endearment for "father", "papa") in India.
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There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.

Mahatma Gandhi

You Christians look after a document containing enough dynamite to blow all civilisation to pieces, turn the world upside down and bring peace to a battle-torn planet. But you treat it as though it is nothing more than a piece of literature.

Mahatma Gandhi

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 ...

Mahatma Gandhi

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

Mahatma Gandhi

Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew.

Mahatma Gandhi

There are seven things that will destroy us: Wealth without work; Pleasure without conscience; Knowledge without character; Religion without sacrifice; Politics without principle; Science without humanity; Business without ethics.

Mahatma Gandhi

Be the change you want to see

Mahatma Gandhi

Seven Deadly Sins Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice.

Mahatma Gandhi

The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles." ( , 22 October 1925)

Mahatma Gandhi

Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado or loneliness. It consists in daring to do the right thing and facing consequences whether it is in matters social, political or other. It consists in deeds not words.

Mahatma Gandhi

The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

Mahatma Gandhi

The law of love could be best understood and learned through little children.

Mahatma Gandhi

I may have become Christian, were it not for Christians.

Mahatma Gandhi

If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my personal affair. The state has nothing to do with it. The state would look after your secular welfare, health, communications, foreign...

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I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.

Mahatma Gandhi

(When asked what he thought of Western civilization): 'I think it would be a good idea.

Mahatma Gandhi

Ask the poor. They'll tell you who the christians are.

Mahatma Gandhi

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 ...

Mahatma Gandhi

An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.

Mahatma Gandhi

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.

Mahatma Gandhi

It is man's social nature which distinguishes him from the brute creation. If it is his privilege to be independent, it is equally his duty to be inter-dependent. Only an arrogant man will claim to be independent of everybody else and be self-contain...

Mahatma Gandhi

Author Bio

  • NameMahatma Gandhi
  • Descriptionpre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India
  • AliasesBapu; Gandhi; Gandhiji; Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi; M K Gandhi; Mohandas K. Gandhi; mahatma gandhi; gandhi appupan; Mohandas Gandhi
  • BornOctober 2, 1869
  • DiedJanuary 30, 1948
  • CountryIndia
  • ProfessionPolitician; Lawyer; Political Writer; Journalist; Philosopher; Autobiographer; Essayist; Newspaper Editor; Political Activist
  • AwardsTime Person Of The Year