Mahatma Gandhi Sin Quotations

A nation that is capable of limitless sacrifice is capable of rising to limitless heights. The purer the sacrifice the quicker the progress.

It is a crime and a sin to regard a person as untouchable because he is born in a particular community.

My mother would tell me that the shortest cut to purification after the unholy touch was to cancel the touch by touching any Mussalman passing by.

The meticulous care for the rights of the least among us is the sin qua non of nonviolence.

Non-co-operation means refusal both to help the sinner in his sin and not to accept any help or gift from him till he has repented.

Every calamity should lead to a thorough cleansing of individual as well as social life.

Mass illiteracy is India's sin and shame and must be liquidated.

No stone should be left unturned to bring home to the family members that untouchability is a sin and a blot on Hinduism.

Being dissatisfied and properly dissatisfied with the husk of Hinduism, you are in danger of losing even the kernel, life itself.

Machinery is the chief symbol of modern civilization; it represents a great sin.

All sins are committed in secrecy. The moment we realize that God witnesses even our thoughts, we shall be free.

I find that we are all such sinners that it is better to leave the judging to God.

I do not seek redemption from the consequences of my sin. I seek to be redeemed from sin itself. Until I have attained that end, I shall be content to be restless.

A clean confession combined with a promise never to commit the sin again, when offered before one who has the right to receive it, is the purest type of repentance.

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.

If one takes care of the means, the end will take care of itself.

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.

Find yourself by losing yourself for others.

God is continuously in action, without resting for a single moment.

Untouchability, I hold, is a sin, if Bhagavadgita is one of our Divine Books.

I find a solace a in the Bhagavadgita and Upanishads that I miss even in the Sermon on the Mount.

Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.

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.

It is derogatory to the dignity of mankind, it is derogatory to the dignity of India, to entertain for one single moment hatred towards Englishmen.

There is not a moment when I do not feel the presence of a Witness whose eye misses nothing and with whom I strive to keep in tune.

It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business.

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

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

I regard untouchability as such a grave sin as to warrant divine chastisement.

Untouchability of foreign cloth is as much a virtue with all of us as untouchability of the suppressed classes must be a sin with every devout Hindu.

Forgiveness is choosing to love.

There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.