Inspiring Quotes From Mahatma Gandhi

A man, whilst he is dreaming, believes in his dream; he is undeceived only when he is awakened from his slumber.

It may be long before the law of love will be recognized in international affairs.The machinery's of government stand between and hide the hearts of one people from those of another.

There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.

Keep your thoughts positive, because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive, because your words become your behaviours. Keep your behaviours positive, because your behaviour become your habits. Keep your habits positive, because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive, because your values become destiny.

Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies.

A man of character will make himself worthy of any position he is given.

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.

There are some actions from which an escape is a godsend both for the man who escapes and for those about him. Man, as soon as he gets back his consciousness of right, is thankful to the dIvine mercy for the escape.

When we want to help the poor, we usually offer them charity. Most often we use charity to avoid recognizing the problem and finding the solution for it. Charity becomes a way to shrug off our responsibility. But charity is no solution to poverty. Charity only perpetuates poverty by taking the initiative away from the poor. Charity allows us to go ahead with our own lives without worrying about the lives of the poor. Charity appeases our consciences.

The truth is transcendent. There are many expressions of it and ways to glimpse it. We cannot hold it in our clenched fist but must hold it in our open palm and invite others to see it for themselves

The institution that fails to win public support has no right to exist as such.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

To believe is something, and do not live it, is dishonest.

No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.

Intellect takes us along in the battle of life to a certain limit, but at the crucial moment, it fails us. Faith transcends reason. It is when the horizon is the darkest and human reason is beaten down to the ground that faith shines brightest and comes to our rescue.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

A man does not of his own free will put himself last among his fellow creatures, there is no salvation for him.

Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.