Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi, (1869-1948) Leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-30] of 32 Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi quotesMahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi QuotesMahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi Next 30 quotes Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi In matters of conscience, the law of majority has no place.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. ... Freedom and slavery are mental states. Therefore, the first thing to say to yourself: 'I shall no longer accept the role of a slave. I shall not obey orders as such but shall disobey them when they are in conflict with my conscience'.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi Truth never damages a cause that is just.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi ~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi The seven blunders that human society commits and cause all the violence: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, and politics without principles.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi I think it would be an excellent idea.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi Freedom is not worth living if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that previous right.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi 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 Mohandas K. Gandhi Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi Men ... should do their actual living and working in communities ... small enough to permit of genuine self-government and the assumption of personal responsibilities, federated into larger units in such a way that the temptation to abuse great power should not arise. The larger (structurally) a democracy grows, the less becomes the rule of the people and the smaller is the say of individuals and localised groups in dealing with their own destinies. Moreover, love and affection, are essentially personal relationships. Consequently, it is only in small groups that Charity, in the Pauline sense of the word, can manifest itself. Needless to say, the smallness of the group, in no way guarantees the emergence of Charity. In a large undifferentiated group, the possibility does not even exist, for the simple reason that most of its members cannot, in the nature of things, have personal relations with one another.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi Nonviolence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our very being.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi Good government is the most dangerous government, because it deprives people of the need to look after themselves.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi Non-violent resistance implies the very opposite of weakness. Defiance combined with non-retaliatory acceptance of repression from one's opponents is active, not passive. It requires strength, and there is nothing automatic or intuitive about the resoluteness required for using non-violent methods in political struggle and the quest for Truth.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi The state represents violence in a concentrated and organized form. The individual has a soul, but as the state is a soulless machine, it can never be weaned from violence to which it owes its very existence.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi Once one assumes an attitude of intolerance, there is no knowing where it will take one. Intolerance, someone has said, is violence to the intellect and hatred is violence to the heart.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi Courtesy towards opponents and eagerness to understand their view-point is the ABC of non-violence.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi If we are to reach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi Truth resides in every human heart, and one has to search for it there, and to be guided by truth as one sees it. But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi Honest differences are a healthy sign of progress.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi Next 30 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print