Quotes from Mahatma Gandhi

Hindu religious literature, indeed all religious literature, is full of illustrations to prove the truth.

My faith in truth and nonviolence is ever growing, and as I am ever trying to follow them in my life, I too am growing every moment.

Truth (satya) is positive, nonviolence is negative.

Truth stands for the fact, nonviolence negates the fact.

Every moment of my existence is dedicated to the winning of Swaraj by means of truth and nonviolence.

I believe in what Max Muller said years ago, namely, that truth needed to be repeated as long as there were men who disbelieved it.

Prayer has not been a part of my life in the sense that truth has been.

When you want to find Truth as God, the only inevitable means is love, that is nonviolence.

A seeker of truth will never begin by discounting his opponent's statement as unworthy of trust.

Openness of mind strengthens the truth in us and removes the dross from it, if there is any.

To find truth completely is to realize oneself and one's destiny, i.e. to become perfect.

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does the truth become error because nobody will see it. 1924-1926)

Love and exclusive possession can never go together.

Harshness is conquered by gentleness, hatred by love, lethargy by zeal and darkness by light.

In His boundless love God permits the atheist to live.

My freedom from hatred - I would even claim for myself individually, my love - for those who consider themselves to be my enemies, does not make me blind to their faults.

Our peaceful non-co-operation must be constructive, non-destructive. Poison should not emerge from the throes of love.

My love of the British is equal to that of my own people.

For me the only certain means of knowing God is nonviolence, ahimsa, love.

Love is needed to strengthen the weak; love becomes tyrannical when it exacts obedience from an unbeliever.

A love that is based on the goodness of those whom you love is a mercenary affair.

I love Christianity, Islam and many other faiths - through Hinduism.

Hatred ever kills, love never dies. Such is the vast difference between the two... The duty of a human being is to diminish hatred and to promote love.

My nonviolence demands universal love, and you are not a small part of it.