Quotes from Mahatma Gandhi

It may be long before the law of love will be recognised in international affairs. The machineries of government stand between and hide the hearts of one people from those of another.

Ahimsa means infinite love, which again means infinite capacity for suffering.

It is my great misfortune that I have to measure your love by the money gifts you give for Daridranarayana.

Love is no love which asks for a return.

Where love is, there God is also.

The pure love of one soul can offset the hatred of millions.

My fast is, among other things, meant to qualify me for achieving that equal and selfless love.

The call of the spinning wheel is the noblest of all. Because it is the call of love. And love is Swaraj.

Belief in non-violence is based on the assumption that human nature in the essence is one and therefore unfailingly responds to the advances of love.

The Law of Love, call it attraction, affinity, cohesion if you like, governs the world.

It was our love of foreign cloth that ousted the wheel from its position of dignity.

Nonviolence is the greatest virtue, cowardice the greatest vice - nonviolence springs from love, cowardice from hate.

Love is a rare herb that makes a friend even of a sworn enemy and this herb grows out of nonviolence.

One who hooks his fortune to ahimsa, the law of love, daily lessens the circle of destruction and to that extent promotes life and love.

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

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.

One must become as humble as the dust before he can discover truth.

Conquer the heart of the enemy with truth and love, not by violence.

To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within the soul.

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.

A satyagrahi must ceaselessly strive to realize and live truth. And he must never contemplate hurting anyone by thought, word or deed.

Ahimsa and Truth are so intertwined that it is practically impossible to disentangle and separate them.

Evil is, good or truth misplaced.

Breach of promise is no less an act of insolvency than a refusal to pay one's debt.