+100 Gandhi phrases about life, peace, friendship and more

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Charles McCarthy
+100 Gandhi phrases about life, peace, friendship and more

I leave you the best Gandhi phrases about life, peace, love, happiness, friendship and much more. They represent the beliefs and way of thinking of one of the great leaders in history, who achieved the independence of his country despite facing one of the greatest empires in history.

Mahatma Gandhi, whose birth name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, was not only an activist and politician, he also worked as a lawyer and writer. However, he is known worldwide for leading the independence movement of his country against the British Empire..

For his achievements and effort, he is considered the father of India and as an example for having achieved social and political changes based on peace and non-violence. This is why Gandhi was called by the Indians as the Mahatma (the Great Soul). He was assassinated in 1948 and his life inspired other great leaders, such as Nelson Mandela or Martin Luther King Jr.

Article index

  • 1 Phrases of Gandhi about life and his teachings
  • 2 About love
  • 3 About tolerance
  • 4 On violence
  • 5 About happiness
  • 6 On friendship
  • 7 About women
  • 8 About peace
  • 9 Other phrases of interest

Gandhi phrases about life and his teachings

-Live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever.

-The weak can never forget. Forgetting is an attribute of the strong.

-Strength does not come from physical ability. It comes from an indomitable will.

-My life is my message.

-Those who know how to think don't need teachers.

-Health is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.

-We may stumble and fall, but we must rise again.

-We will become who we are meant to be.

-You must be the change you want to see in the world.

-No one can hurt me without my permission.

-The future depends on what you decide to do today.

-First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then they win.

-Satisfaction lies in effort, not achievement. Total effort is total victory.

-A man is but the product of his thoughts. Becomes what you think.

-You don't know who is important to you until you lose them.

-An ounce of practice is worth more than a ton of preaching.

-You can chain me, you can torture me, you can destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

-The glory is in the attempt to reach the goal and not in reaching it.

-Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.

-Fear has its uses, but cowardice has none.

-An eye for an eye can only end by leaving everyone blind.

-It is the quality of our work that will satisfy God, and not the quantity.

-Hate the sin, love the sinner.

-When you face an opponent, conquer him with love.

-Faith is put to the test in the face of the most difficult situations.

-You may never know what results will be obtained from your actions, but if you do nothing there will be no result..

-I cannot conceive of a loss greater than the loss of self-respect.

-Whatever you do it will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

-In a gentle way, you can rock the world.

-Man should forget his anger before going to sleep.

-I won't let anyone cross my mind with their dirty feet.

-Earth provides enough to meet every man's needs, but not every man's greed.

-I guess leadership once meant muscles, but today it means getting along with people..

-The infinite effort to be the best is the duty of man; it is its own reward. Everything else is in the hands of God.

-A small body of spirit determined and fired by unwavering faith in its mission, can alter the course of history..

-It is the action, not the fruit of the action, that is important. You have to do the right thing.

-A "no" said with the deepest conviction is better than a "yes" spoken simply to please or avoid trouble..

-You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if some drops are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

-There is more to life than increasing your speed.

-Before the throne of the almighty, man will not be judged by his actions but by his intentions.

-Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians are not like him.

-Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It's the daily admission of one's own weakness.

-The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way they treat their animals.

-The spiritual relationship is more precious than the physical one. The physical relationship without the spiritual is a body without a soul.

-Even if you are a minority, the truth is the truth.

-It is not wise to be too sure of your own wisdom. It is healthy to remember that the strongest can weaken and the wisest can make mistakes.

-Every night when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning when I wake up I'm reborn.

-If patience has value, it must last until the end of time. And a life of faith will prevail in the middle of a black storm.

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

-The truth is by nature obvious. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it glows clearly.

-Action expresses priorities.

-If I had no sense of humor, I would have committed suicide a long time ago.

-Silence turns to cowardice when the occasion demands to tell the whole truth and act accordingly.

-The essence of all religions is one, only their approach is different.

-Honest disagreement is a good sign of progress.

-Believing in something and not living it is dishonest.

-The culture of a nation resides in the heart and soul of its people.

-The truth prevails, even if there is no public support. Stands on its own.

-The truth never hurts a cause that's just.

-Imitation is the sincerest flattery.

-Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of morality..

-Non-cooperation with the devil is a duty just like cooperation with God..

-In my opinion, the life of a lamb is no less valuable than that of a human being.

-The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. Being effective demands the sacrifice of the most courageous and impeccable.

-Anyone who wants to can hear the inner voice. Is inside everyone.

-We win justice more quickly by rendering justice to the other party.

-When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the Moon, my soul expands in adoration of the creator.

-Prayer is the key of the morning and the screw of the evening.

-Palestine belongs to the Arabs, as England belongs to the English or France belongs to the French.

-The purpose of life is to live right, think right, and act right.

-An honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress..

-No culture can survive if it pretends to be exclusive.

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

-Those who cannot relinquish attachment to the results of their work are far from the road..

-Our greatness does not lie in being able to remake the world, but in being able to remake ourselves.

-If I have the belief that I can do it, surely I will have the ability to do it.

-It is difficult, but not impossible, to run a business strictly under honesty.

-Praying is the key to tomorrow and the lightning of the night.

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

-Faith becomes lame when it ventures into matters of reason.

-Freedom is not worth having if you are not free to make mistakes.

-I believe that there is no prayer without fasting and there is no real fasting without prayer.

-Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.

-I wish to change their minds, not kill them for the same weaknesses that we all possess.

-Confession of mistakes is like a broom that sweeps away dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer.

-I'm willing to die, but there's no cause I'm willing to kill for.

-It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel honored by the humiliation of their fellow men..

-Those who say that religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.

-The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within me.

-I don't want to predict the future. I am concerned about taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the next moment.

-Be sincere, gentle and brave.

-What we do to the world's forests is but a mirror of what we do to ourselves and to others.

-A religion that does not take practical matters into account and does not help to solve them is not religion.

-Let the first act of each morning be to make the next resolution for the day.

-Man becomes great to the degree that he works for the welfare of his fellow men..

-Morale is smuggling in war.

-Service that is done without joy does not help either the server or the servers.

-The moment a person's motives are suspected, everything he does contaminates.

-There is a higher court than the courts of law, and it is the court of conscience. Replaces all other courts.

-Meekness, self-denial, and generosity are the exclusive possession of any race or religion.

-When moderation and courtesy are added to strength, it becomes irresistible..

-I believe in equality for everyone except for reporters and photographers.

-For me every ruler is a stranger who defies public opinion.

About love

-Where there is love there is life.

-Love is the strongest force in the world and yet it is the most humble one can imagine.

-When doing something, do it with love or don't do it at all.

-Self-love knows no considerations.

-A coward is incapable of displaying love; It is the prerogative of the brave.

-There are two types of powers, one is obtained by fear of punishment, and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is more effective and permanent than fear of punishment.

-The justice that love gives is redemption, the justice that the law gives is punishment.

-Peace between countries must be based on love between individuals.

-The justice that love gives is a surrender, the justice that the law gives is a punishment.

About tolerance

-Hatred and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

-Intolerance itself is a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of the true democratic spirit.

-Intolerance betrays a lack of faith in the cause.

-Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

About violence

-Non-violence is the weapon of the strongest.

-An unjust law is itself a kind of violence.

-I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and nonviolence are as old as the hills.

-My religion is based on truth and non-violence. The truth is my God. Non-violence is the means to do it.

-Poverty is the worst form of violence.

-Nonviolence requires double faith; faith in God and faith in man.

-Anger is the enemy of nonviolence, and pride is a monster that absorbs it.

-Victory obtained with violence must be prepared for defeat, for it will not last long.

-I am opposed to violence because when it seems to do good, it is only temporary; the evil he does is permanent.

-It is better to be violent if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the mantle of non-violence to cover impotence..

-I am convinced that nothing lasting can be built on violence.

-I cannot teach you violence, because I myself do not believe in it. I can only teach you not to lower your head to anyone, even at the cost of your life.

About happiness

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

-Do not seek greater riches, but a simpler pleasure; not greater fortune, but deeper happiness.

On friendship

-The good man is the friend of all living beings.

-For friendship to be real, it must bear the weight of honest differences..

About the woman

-The real ornament of the woman is her character, her purity.

-Women are better able than men to explore and take bolder action in nonviolence.

-If by force moral power is understood, then the woman is immensely superior to the man.

-The woman is the companion of the man, endowed with equal mental capacity.

About peace

-If you want true peace in the world, start with children.

-Peace is its own reward.

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