Quotes from Mahatma Gandhi

There is force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.

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.

If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.

Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.

It's not too late at all. You just don't yet know what you are capable of.

I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings.

As the State is a soulless machine, it can never be weaned from violence to which it owes its very existence.

Civilization is the encouragement of differences.

All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul.

Knowledge gained through experience is far superior and many times more useful than bookish knowledge.

Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.

A leader is useless when he acts against the promptings of his own conscience.

We may never be strong enough to be entirely non-violent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep non-violence as our goal and make steady progress towards it.

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.

An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

There is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.

A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.

As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it.

Mr. Gandhi, you have been working fifteen hours a day for fifty years. Don't you think you should take a vacation?" Gandhi smiled and replied, "I am always on vacation.

In our progress towards the goal, we ever see more and more enchanting scenery.

That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.

It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business.