Mahatma Gandhi's quote

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (pronounced: ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was the preeminent leader of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India. Employing non-violent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for non-violence, civil rights and freedom across the world.

마하트마 간디 (ko)
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Be the change that you wish to see in the world.
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind. The Story of My Experiments With Truth
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.
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.
Where there is love there is life.
Seven Deadly Sins Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice.
I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
God has no religion.
I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.
Hate the sin, love the sinner.
Nobody can hurt me without my permission.
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.
A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, Your values become your destiny.
The future depends on what you do today.
Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, 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.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
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 in the holy name of liberty or democracy?
To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
Truth never damages a cause that is just.
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.
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.
Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.
Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. The Essential Gandhi
You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.
Action expresses priorities.
Love is the strongest force the world possesses and yet it is the humblest imaginable.
There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.
You don't know who is important to you until you actually lose them.
My Life is My Message
There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings.
What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.
It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.
Truth is one, paths are many.
The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace.
I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.
In doing something, do it with love or never do it at all.
There is no 'way to peace,' there is only 'peace.'
My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.
To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.
Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.
They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.
(When asked what he thought of Western civilization): 'I think it would be a good idea.
Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.
A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
If we are to reach real peace in the world, we shall have to begin with the children.
Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.
The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.
Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity.
Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always. Gandhi
Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment.
Poverty is the worst form of violence.
It is easier to build a boy than to mend a man.
The expert knows more and more about less and less until he knows everything about nothing.
I came to the conclusion long ago that all religions were true and that also that all had some error in them, and while I hold by my own religion, I should hold other religions as dear as Hinduism. So we can only pray, if we were Hindus, not that a Christian should become a Hindu; but our innermost prayer should be that a Hindu should become a better Hindu, a Muslim a better Muslim, and a Christian a better Christian.
In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.
I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.
I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect. Fools, Martyrs, Traitors: The Story of Martyrdom in the Western World
Nothing is so aggravating as calmness.
Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong. The Words of Gandhi
When every hope is gone, 'when helpers fail and comforts flee,' I find that help arrives somehow, from I know not where. Supplication, worship, prayer are no superstition; they are acts more real than the acts of eating, drinking, sitting or walking. It is no exaggeration to say that they alone are real, all else is unreal. The Story of My Experiments With Truth
I want freedom for the full expression of my personality. The Essential Gandhi
There is force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results.
I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life.
There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for.
The path is the goal.
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
Liberty and democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.
What barrier is there that love cannot break? The Story of My Experiments With Truth
The inner voice is something which cannot be described in words. But sometimes we have a positive feeling that something in us prompts us to do a certain thing. The time when I learnt to recognise this voice was, I may say, the time when I started praying regularly.
Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.
Never make a promise in haste.
Man lives freely only by his readiness to die.
Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.
When you are right, no need to be angry, when you are worng, you have no right to be angry.