Indian
Spiritual Leader,
Activist,
Politician and
Author
(October 2,
1869 -
January 30,
1948)
"All taxation to be healthy must return tenfold to the taxpayer in the form of necessary services."
"Bravery is not a quality of the body, it is of the soul."
"Does not the history of the world show that there would have been no romance in life if there had been no risks?"
"Fear is a worse disease than malaria or kalaazar; these diseases kill the body, fear kills the soul."
"Forgiveness is the quality of the brave, not of the cowardly."
"Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes."
"God answers prayer in His own way, not ours."
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."
"History is a record of perpetual wars, but we are now trying to make new history."
"Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress."
"Is not labour, like learning, its own reward?"
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
"Man does not live by bread alone. Many prefer self-respect to food."
"A man's true wealth hereafter is the good he has done to his fellowmen."
"Nonviolence is not a weapon of the weak. It is a weapon of the strongest and the bravest."
"Nonviolence is the summit of bravery."
"Nonviolent acts exert pressure far more effective than violent acts, for that pressure comes from good-will and gentleness."
"Organisations, like men, if they are to command respect and grow, must have a sense of honour and must fulfill their promises."
"Patience and perseverance, if we have them, overcome mountains of difficulties."
"Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requisite for acquiring learning of any kind."
"The pleasure lies in making the effort, not in its fulfillment."
"Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love."
"Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul."
"A science to be science must afford the fullest scope for satisfying the hunger of body, mind and soul."
"Searching of self ennobles, searching of others debases."
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."
"True nonviolence is mightier than the mightiest violence."
"Truth alone will endure; all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time."
"Truth is like a vast tree, which yields more and more fruit, the more you nurture it."
"Truth is what the voice within tells you."
"We must become the change we want to see."
