Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Country India
Born Thursday, 02 October 1969
Category Social Activists
Quotes 433

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi in India as Bapu and Jathi Pitha (father of the nation), was an advocate and pioneer of nonviolent social protest and direct action in the form he called Satyagraha. He led the struggle for India's independence from British colonial rule. (Source: en.wikiquote.org)

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“If you don't find God in the next person you meet, it is a waste of time looking for him further.” Uncategorized
“If I were asked to define the Hindu creed, I should simply say: Search after truth through non-violent means. A man may not believe in God and still call himself a Hindu. Hinduism is a relentless pursuit after truth... Hinduism is the religion of truth. Truth is God. Denial of God we have known. Denial of truth we have not known.” Uncategorized
“Everyone holds a piece of the truth.” Uncategorized
“True beauty lies in purity of the heart.” Uncategorized
“The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.” Uncategorized
“Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.” Uncategorized
“To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.” Uncategorized
“I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage.” Uncategorized
“The only tyrant I accept is the still, small voice within me.” Uncategorized
“Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.” Uncategorized
“Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment.” Uncategorized
“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.” Uncategorized
“It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us. This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good heart whatever they might have to say.” Uncategorized
“Truth resides in every human heart, and one has to search for it there, and to be guided by truth as one sees it. But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.” Uncategorized
“Where love is, there God is also.” Uncategorized
“The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.” Uncategorized
“A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favor by serving him. He is doing us a favor by giving us an opportunity to do so.” Uncategorized
“Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph: a beginning, a struggle, and a victory.” Uncategorized
“The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse of truth.” Uncategorized
“It is not that I do not get angry. I don't give vent to my anger. I cultivate the quality of patience as angerlessness, and generally speaking, I succeed. But I only control my anger when it comes. How I find it possible to control it would be a useless question, for it is a habit that everyone must cultivate and must succeed in forming by constant practice.” Uncategorized