Mahatma Gandhi, his thoughts change the thinking of the world, so here is the Inspiring Mahatma Gandhi Quotes on Love, Peace and Faith. The man who is now renowned for his composure, bravery, and compassion in the face of injustice did not always feel at ease in front of the crowd but a heroic quality leader Civil Rights Activist and the spiritual leader & Father of Indian Freedom, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, was born in Porbandar, India, in 1869; he was later given the moniker “Mahatma,” which means “great soul.”
The entire world holds Mahatma Gandhi in the highest regard as one of history’s most influential and motivating personalities. Gandhi was a brave defender of the rights and dignity of all people for the entirety of his life in South Africa and India. His persistent and steadfast advocacy of using nonviolence as a strategy to change people’s hearts and minds has forever changed the globe.
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36 Mahatma Gandhi Quotes (CHALLENGING)
All of India is my family.You yourself as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.You can’t change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.Without action, you aren’t going anywhere.Where there is love there is life.You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.You don’t know who is important to you until you actually lose them.Whenever you are confronted with an opponent, conquer him with love.To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong.The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.The future depends on what you do today.Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.Permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence.Nobody can hurt me without my permission.Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.It’s the action, not the fruit of the action, that’s important.I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.In a gentle way, you can shake the world.If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him.If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.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.I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one’s self-respect.I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.Hate the sin, love the sinner.Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.Glory lies in the attempt to reach one’s goal and not in reaching it.Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph: a beginning, a struggle, and a victory.Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.An ounce of practice is worth a thousand words.A man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks he becomes.A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.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.
32 Gandhi Quotes on Peace (BEAUTY OF LIFE)
When you are right, you have no need to be angry. When you are wrong, you have no right to be angry.You can chain me you can torture me you can even destroy this body but you will never imprison my mind.What barrier is there that love cannot breakTruth is one paths are many.Truth without humility would be an arrogant caricature.True beauty consists of purity of heart.They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.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.There is no ‘way to peace there is only ‘peace.There is more to life than increasing its speed.The real ornament of woman is her character her purity.The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.The enemy is fear. We think it is hate but it is fear.The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the worlds problems.That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.Service without humility is selfishness and egotism.Self respect knows no considerations.Seek not greater wealth but simpler pleasure not higher fortune but deeper felicity.Satisfaction lies in the effort not in the attainment.Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.My life is my message.My faith is brightest in the midst of impenetrable darkness.Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.Mans happiness really lies in contentment. He who is discontented however much he possesses becomes a slave to his desires.Live simply so that others may simply live.It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.To lose patience is to lose the battle.
The good man is the friend of all living things.Silence is the best answer to anger.
21 Mahatma Gandhi Thoughts
Relationships are based on four principles – respect, understanding, acceptance, and appreciation.Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.Its easy to stand in the crowd but it takes courage to stand alone.I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles but today it means getting along with people.I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings.Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.Imitation is the sincerest flattery.I came alone in this world I have walked alone in the valley of the shadow of death and I shall quit alone when the time comes.I am prepared to die but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.Gentleness self sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.Find purpose. The means will follow.Fear has its use but cowardice has none.Faith is not something to grasp it is a state to grow into.Faith is not something to grasp it is a state to grow into.Doubt is invariably the result of want or weakness of faith.Our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as being able to remake ourselves.Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct, for being you.Love never claims, it ever gives.Where love is, there God is also.To lose patience is to lose the battle.
13 Inspirational Gandhi Quotes (CONFIDENT)
It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.I remain an optimist because of my unflinching faith that right must prosper in the end.To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man’s injustice to woman.First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.You must be the change you wish to see in the world.A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.We need not wait to see what others do.To believe in something, and not live it, is dishonest.The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong.Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow men.It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honored by the humiliation of their fellow beings.
10 Mahatma Gandhi Slogan (POWERFUL)
Love is the strongest force the world possesses.Infinite striving to be the best is man’s duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God’s hands.Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.Infinite striving to be the best is man’s duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God’s hands.Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.Change yourself – you are in control.An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
38 Wisdom Quotes By Gandhiji (NONVIOLENT)
Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacity.What is imprisonment to the man who is fearless of death itself?Truth never damages a cause that is just.The rich cannot accumulate wealth without the co-operation of the poor in society.The wise are unaffected either by death or life. These are but faces of the same coin.There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.There is force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results.There are two days in the year that we can not do anything – yesterday and tomorrow.The moment there is suspicion about a person’s motives, everything he does becomes tainted.The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.The greater our innocence, the greater our strength and the swifter our victory.Speak only if it improves upon the silence.Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness.Prayer is a confession of one’s own unworthiness and weakness.Poverty is the worst form of violence.One, who abandons all desires, is free from pride and selfishness and behaves as one apart, finds peace.Nothing has saddened me so much in life as the hardness of heart of educated people.Nonviolence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.Nonviolence is not to be used ever as the shield of the coward. It is the weapon of the brave.It’s my conviction that nothing enduring can be built on violence.In judging myself I shall try to be as harsh as truth, as I want others also to be.I am a humble but very earnest seeker after truth.Forgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love.Forgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love.Faith… must be enforced by reason… when faith becomes blind it dies.Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone.Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.Do not judge others. Be your own judge and you will be truly happy. If you will try to judge others, you are likely to burn your fingers.Close the day with prayer so that you may have a peaceful night free from dreams and nightmares.Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.Anger is the enemy of nonviolence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.A man of few words will rarely be thoughtless in his speech; he will measure every word.A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good he has done to his fellowmen.A definite forgiveness would mean a definite recognition of our strength.The very first step in nonviolence is that we cultivate in our daily life, as between ourselves, truthfulness, humility, tolerance, loving kindness.Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.
