Quotes from Mahatma Gandhi

Anger, lust and such other evil passions raging in the heart are the real untouchables.

Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding.

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

Everyone wants to be strong and self sufficient, but few are willing to put in the work necessary to achieve worthy goals.

We find the general work of mankind is being carried on from day to day by the mass of people acting in harmony as if by instinct. If they were instinctively violent, the world would end in no time.

[It] is impossible for us to establish a living vital connection with the masses unless we will work for them, through them and in their midst, not as their patrons but as their servants.

My work will be finished if I succeed in carrying conviction to the human family that every man or woman, however weak in body, is the guardian of his or her self-respect and liberty.

Prayer can come in only when fasting has done its work. It can make fasting easy and bearable.

The principle of majority does not work when differences on fundamentals are involved.

The spinning wheel means national consciousness and a contribution by every individual to a definite constructive national work.

I have known only one way of carrying on missionary work, viz., by personal example and discussion with searchers for knowledge.

May the work of your hands be a sign of gratitude and reverence to the human condition.

If you do what you enjoy doing you'll never have to work hard.

When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.

The only way by which you and I can wean orthodox Hindus from their bigotry is by patient argument and correct conduct.

Hunger is the argument that is driving India to the spinning wheel.

True art takes note not merely of form but also of what lies behind.

The fight of satyagraha is for the strong in spirit, not the doubter or the timid. Satyagraha teaches us the art of living as well as dying.

Whatever can be useful to those starving millions is beautiful to my mind.

Art to be art must soothe.

A semi-starved nation can have neither religion nor art nor organization.

Painters and poets are obliged to exaggerate the proportions of their figures in order to give true perspective.

Religion is not what you will get after reading all the scriptures of the world. It is not really what is grasped by the grain. It is a heart grasp.

Just as one must learn the art of killing in the training for violence, so one must learn the art of dying in the training for nonviolence.