Quotable Quotes of Mahatma Gandhi

"It is better to allow our lives to speak for us than our words. God did not bear the cross only two thousand years ago. He bears it today, and he dies and is resurrected from day to day. It would be a poor comfort to the world if it had to depend on a historical God who died two thousand years ago. Do not, then, preach the God of history, but show him as he lives today through you." --Mahatma Gandhi

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. --Mahatma Gandhi

In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness --Mahatma Gandhi

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress. --Mahatma Gandhi

If you don't ask, you don't get. --Mahatma Gandhi

Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love. --Mahatma Gandhi

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall - think of it, ALWAYS. --Mahatma Gandhi

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action. --Mahatma Gandhi

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. --Mahatma Gandhi

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. --Mahatma Gandhi

Be the change you want to see in the world. --Mahatma Gandhi

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. --Mahatma Gandhi

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right. --Mahatma Gandhi

Hate the sin and love the sinner. --Mahatma Gandhi

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. --Mahatma Gandhi

The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice. --Mahatma Gandhi

I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love. --Mahatma Gandhi

Permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence. --Mahatma Gandhi

Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking. --Mahatma Gandhi

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Wisdom of Mahatma Gandhi