Mahatma Gandhi Less Quotations

It is weakness which breeds fear, and fear breeds distrust.

The fear of the judge within is more terrible than that of the one without.

What is imprisonment to the man who is fearless of death itself?

Mere brave speech without action is letting off useless steam.

A fearless woman who knows that her purity is her best shield can never be dishonoured.

To get Swaraj is to get rid of our helplessness.

There must be power in the word of a satyagraha general, not the power that the possession of limitless arms gives, but the power that purifies life which strict vigilance and a ceaseless application produce.

Satyagraha is a relentless search for truth and a determination to search truth.

Unless we learn the lesson of nonviolence fully, we shall never do away with the deadly feuds which have been the curse of the Frontier people.

Reasoned and willing obedience to the laws of the State is the first lesson in non-co-operation.

The greatest lessons in life, if we would but stoop and humble ourselves, we would learn not from the grown-up learned men, but from the so-called ignorant children.

Outward Peace is useless without inner Peace

I think it is wrong to expect certainties in this world, where all else but God that is Truth is an uncertainty. All that appears and happens about and around us is uncertain, transient. But there is a Supreme Being hidden therein as a Certainty, and one would be blessed if one could catch a glimpse of that Certainty and hitch one's waggon to it. The quest for that Truth is the summum bonum of life.

Perfection is the exclusive attribute of God, and it is indescribable, untranslatable. I do believe that it is possible for human beings to become perfect, even as God is perfect. It is necessary for all of us to aspire after that perfection but when that blessed state is attained, it become indescribable, indefinable.

It ill becomes us to invoke in our daily prayers the blessings of God, the Compassionate, if we in turn will not practice elementary compassion toward our fellow creatures.

My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.

No effort is complete without prayer - without definite recognition that the best human endeavor is of no effect if it has not God's blessing behind it.

I claim to be an average man of less than average ability. I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith.

God has blessed man with seed that has the highest potency and woman with a field richer than the richest earth to be found anywhere on his globe.

God has a thousand names, or rather He is Nameless.

A smattering of English is worse than useless; it is an unnecessary tax on our women.

What is it but my ahimsa that draws thousands of women to me in fearless confidence?

Ahimsa must express itself through acts of selfless service of the masses.

Every affliction has its own rich lesson to teach, if we would learn it.

I think it is the height of ignorance to believe that the sexual act is an independent function necessary like sleeping or eating. Seeing, therefore, that I did not desire more children, I began to strive after self-control. There was endless difficulty in the task.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supreme lesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can move the world.

Selfless action is a source of strength.

God has blessed me with the mission to place nonviolence before the nation for adoption.

A leader is useless when he acts against the promptings of his own conscience.

Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.

Be truthful, gentle, and fearless.

Hindu Dharma is like a boundless ocean teeming with priceless gems. The deeper you dive the more treasures you find.

Life is but an endless series of experiments.

Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in its corruption and lawlessness.

Death is at any time blessed but it is twice blessed for a warrior who dies for his cause, that is, truth.

My fast is, among other things, meant to qualify me for achieving that equal and selfless love.

A true life lived amongst the people is in itself an object-lesson that must produce its own effect upon immediate surroundings.

Labour is priceless, not gold.

You will find that God is always by the side of the fearless.