Quotes from Mahatma Gandhi

Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.

To see the universal and all-pervading Spirit of Truth face to face, one must be able to love the meanest of all creation as oneself.

Dharma is one and one only. Ahimsa means moksha, and moksha is the realization of Truth.

The way of peace is the way of truth. Truthfulness is even more important than peacefulness.

Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realizing Him.

If I were asked to define the Hindu creed, I should simply say: search after Truth through non-violent means. Hinduism is a relentless pursuit after truth.

It has often occurred to me that a seeker after truth has to be silent.

When you know the truth, the truth makes you a soldier.

I worship God as Truth only. I have not yet found Him, but I am seeking after Him.

Truth quenches untruth, love quenches anger, self-suffering quenches violence. This eternal rule is a rule not for saints only but for all.

Exercise of faith will be the safest where there is a clear determination summarily to reject all that is contrary to truth and love.

I know that in embarking on non-violence I shall be running what might be termed a mad risk. But the victories of truth have never been won without risks.

Truth and nonviolence are as old as the hills.

The instruments for the quest for Truth are as simple as they are difficult.

There's no God higher than truth.

Use truth as your anvil, nonviolence as your hammer and anything that does not stand the test when it is brought to the anvil of truth and hammered with nonviolence, reject it.

I know that man who forsakes Truth can forsake his country and his nearest and dearest ones.

Breach of promise is a base surrender of truth.

Every expression of truth has in it the seeds of propagation, even as the sun cannot hide its light.

Ahimsa is my God, and Truth is my God.

I have no secret methods. I know no diplomacy save that of truth. I have no weapon but non-violence.

God is Light, not darkness. God is Love, not hate. God is truth, not untruth. God alone is great.

The patriotic spirit demands loyal and strict adherence to nonviolence and truth.

God of Truth and Justice can never create distinctions of high and low among His own children.