Mahatma Gandhi Lying Quotations

Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.

Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.

The way to truth lies through ahimsa (nonviolence).

Priorities lie in your actions

Man's happiness really lies in contentment.

My Hinduism teaches me to respect all religions. In this lies the secret of Ramarajya.

In man, reason quickens and guides feelings; in brute, the soul lies ever dormant.

The newspaperman has become a walking plague. He spreads the contagion of lies and calumnies.

My quarrel with the advocates of contraceptives lies in their taking for granted that ordinary mortals cannot exercise self-control.

A satyagrahi turns the searchlight inward relentlessly to weed out all the defects that may be lying hidden there still.

Virtue lies in being absorbed in one's prayers in the presence of din and noise.

The secret of a happy life lies in renunciation. Renunciation is life.

The singular secret of khaddar lies in its saleability in the place of its production and use by the manufacturers themselves.

The foundation of service and your real training lie in spinning khaddar.

The principle of ahimsa is hurt by every evil thought, by undue haste, by lying, by hatred, by wishing ill to anybody.

It is easier to bridge the oceans that lie between continents than it is to bridge the gap between individuals or the peoples.

The real test of nonviolence lies in its being brought in contact with those who have contempt for it.

It is not given to man to know the whole Truth. His duty lies in living up to the truth as he sees it, and in doing so, to resort to the purest means, i.e., to non-violence. God alone knows absolute truth. Therefore, I have often said, Truth is God. It follows that man, a finite being, cannot know absolute truth. Nobody in this world possesses absolute truth. This is God's attribute alone. Relative truth is all we know. Therefore, we can only follow the truth as we see it. Such pursuit of truth cannot lead anyone astray.

Non-cooperation is directed not against men but against measures. It is not directed against the Governors, but against the system they administer. The roots of non-cooperation lies not in hatred but in justice if not in love.

Golden fetters are no less galling to a self-respecting man that iron ones; the sting lies in the fetters, not in the metal.

Real suffering bravely borne, melts even a heart of stone. Such is the potency of suffering. And there lies the key to Satyagraha.

Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute. The spirit lies dormant in the brute, and he knows no law but that of physical might. The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher laws - to the strength of the spirit.

To forgive is not to forget. The merit lies in loving in spite of the vivid knowledge that one that must be loved is not a friend. There is not merit in loving an enemy when you forget him for a friend.

I look upon an increase in the power of the State with the greatest fear because, although while apparently doing good by minimizing exploitation, it does the greatest harm to mankind by destroying individuality which lies at the heart of all progress.

The greatness of a person lies in his heart, not in his head; that is intellect.

True art takes note not merely of form but also of what lies behind.

The goal ever recedes from us. The greater the progress the greater the recognition of our unworthiness. Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.

Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

The future of India lies in its villages

You may have occasion to possess or use material things, but the secret of life lies in never missing them.