“I had learnt at the outset not to carry on public work with borrowed money. One could rely on people’s promises in most matters except in respect of money.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“That matchless remedy (for self realisation) is renunciation of fruits of action.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“One thing we have endeavoured to observe most scrupulously, namely, never to depart from the strictest facts and, in dealing with the difficult questions that have arisen during the year, we hope that we have used the utmost moderation possible under the circumstances.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self sustained.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct, for being you. Never apologize for being correct, or for being years ahead of your time. If you’re right and you know it, speak your mind. Speak your mind. Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is still the truth.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“bad handwriting should be regarded as a sign of an imperfect education.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“If I become free from anger and shake off ignorance, if I become more vigilant and alert, I would be doing no karma even when occupied in some karma. This illustration explains both the ideas, of a person doing no karma even when occupied in karma and of another who, though he believes that he is doing no karma, is in fact weaving the bonds of karma round himself.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“A person who is of fixed mind in a small matter can be so even in a big matter. If he is asked to make an ellipsoid of clay and concentrate on it, he would do so. In trying to concentrate on any object, one is likely to be distracted by all manner of troublesome thoughts. A person to whom this happens may be described as one whose intellect is not fixed on one aim. One who would succeed in the yoga of works must be of a fixed mind in small matters as well as big.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“If we are to reach real peace in the world, we shall have to begin with the children.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
