Quotes from Mahatma Gandhi

I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. Freedom and slavery are mental states.

Freedom is not worth having 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 precious right.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.

The future depends on what you do today.

Your future depends on what you do today.

The future of India lies in its villages

The future depends on what we do in the present.

I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.

The states can make the finest contribution to the building of India's future independence if they set the right example in their own territories.

Men and women approaching retirement age should be recycled for public service work, and their companies should foot the bill. We can no longer afford to scrap-pile people.

In this age of the rule of brute force, it is almost impossible for anyone to believe that any one else could possibly reject the law of the final supremacy of brute force.

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.

It is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the scriptures of the world. If we are to respect others' religions as we would have them respect our own, a friendly study of the world's religions is a sacred duty.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Where there is love there is a life.

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.

What barrier is there that love cannot break?

My life is an indivisible whole, and all my attitudes run into one another; and they all have their rise in my insatiable love for mankind.

Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.

I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love.

Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, ALWAYS.

My life is an indivisible whole, and all my activities run into one another and they have their rise in my insatiable love of mankind