quotes of gandhiji
Gandhi’s sayings
Beauty is in behavior, not in pomp.
The real beauty in the whole world lies in the purity that perfumes the human heart.
Invincibility comes not from physical prowess, but from determination.
_One who wants to achieve miracles needs infinite patience.
Habits devour a man. So think and avoid bad habits.
As rice is food for the body, knowledge and thought are food for the soul.
Achieving progress is not about repeating history. A new history should be created.
Education should be suitable for passion. There should be a suitable job for the education.
A smile is the only weapon against shame and anger.
From inequality comes violence, from humanity comes non-violence.
Don’t experience the misery and happiness that is not available to countless people. Dharma is to deny it with persistence.
Experience has taught me that falsehood and violence never bring lasting good.
Untouchability is a sin. A heinous crime. If this sin is not eradicated soon, it threatens to engulf Hinduism.
Humility means complete destruction of egoism.
Humility is the gradual elimination of egoism.
The darkness created by the ego is much denser than the original darkness.
Non-violence is like a mother who beckons to all beings.
Just as non-violence is met with violence, falsehood is met with truth.
Non-violence is the first chapter of my faith. Non-violence is like virtue, violence is like incompetence. Rice is God for the hungry.
A true strongman is one who shows restraint in the face of arrogance.
Wondering is characteristic of philosophers, and philosophy begins with wonder.
Food for the soul is prayer.
Many became leaders with self-confidence, courage and perseverance.
A self-experienced person has no rhetoric.
Education helps self-improvement.
Following the path of self-purification is not easy. In order to reach the state of perfect self-purification, one needs to be pure in mind, speech, and actions. Ragadveshas should be transcended.
Self-purification should concern all aspects of everyone’s life.
A healthy soul resides in a healthy body.
An extinguished lamp does not light again. The past life will never come again.
Man is the evolution of thoughts. As he thinks he becomes.
Do not abandon the principles that are difficult to practice. Practice them with patience.
Ideas cannot be perfected if they are not put into practice. Practice limits human thinking.
Practice before you command.
Evil is caused to society by people who act according to their will.
The good deeds done by others should be magnified and the bad deeds should be minimized.
Tell others what you tell others if you can practice them.
Those who depend on others are wasteful.
Friendship is forgetting what has been given and remembering what has been received.
He who is greater than others will fall. He who thinks less than me can be exalted.
A true patriot is one who thinks about what he can do for the country instead of worrying about what this country has done to me.
It is a big mistake to want to do tomorrow what is done today.
The best ideas are never wasted.
A teacher is a valuable textbook for a student.
The root mantra of Uchiki is self-surrender, and the meaning of Uchiki is self-knowledge.
Hard alms is better than hard earned milk.
Where there is the best discipline and humility, freedom flourishes. Lili happened.
Where there is truth there is real knowledge and happiness.
Adharma is not dharma no matter how much it is advertised. If you get angry with someone, keep calm.
Any nation lags behind because of the lack of action by others. 51
What someone gives us is temporary. What we have earned is eternal.
Any race can survive without millionaires and capitalists. But could not survive without workers.
In any country the quality of sacrifice is immense. The country is sure to achieve high goals. The more selfless the sacrifice, the greater the development.
There is faith in unity.
The aim of education is to teach ‘how to think’ rather than ‘what to think’. Education is like a garden. No crop will come if it is not cultivated.
When you meet a good person, take him as an example, when a bad person appears, guard your heart.
A man should be judged by his deeds. Not because of the motive that motivated him to do that. Who knows what is in a man’s mind?
A nation’s superiority depends on its treatment of animals.
To insult one person is to insult all of God’s creation.
A moss sinks the bottom of the boat.
Collective discipline is an essential requirement for the people of a country that wants to become a great nation.
A friendship that forces the same opinion and behavior is not useful.
If you have patience, even failure will pay off. Without it, no work is in vain.
Even great mountains can be overcome if you have patience and perseverance.
There is nothing wrong with accepting defeat. Acknowledgment should be equated with victory.
Endurance has immense power. The power to punish but not to punish is real power.
Duty is the real basis of rights. It consists in using the right and maintaining your dharma.
Those who overcome difficulties can succeed rather than those who avoid them.
Blind worship is worthless in an active age. It is often embarrassing and painful.
Intoxicants like Kallu, Sara, Brandy, Bangi leaf etc. should not be consumed. Due to this, the income in the form of taxes is meaningless. No government should expect this diabolical profit. The government should see that people stay away from these.
He who has lost his eyes is not blind, but he who covers his mistake is blind.
A person who does not work hard has no right to eat. If violence is retaliated with an eye for an eye, the whole world will sink into darkness.
Those without duty have no rights, all rights arise from the performance of duty itself.
One son is more than four sons. Discipline in yourself to avoid decline
Humanity is to suppress anger.
Politics is the life of crores of people.
Peace must be made not by the power of the sword, but by the power of love. There is nothing in the world that can unite hearts more than love.
How much time we spend again, knowing that every moment that has passed cannot be returned.
Both destination and course should be the best. Why insult the one who does not have cloths? Give work. He earns money for his clothes by working.
A rural focus is a must for the country if the villages are not only alive, but also strong and prosperous.
The purpose of education is to acquire knowledge and learn lessons from books read.
We have to think and digest what we read and then put it into practice and make it a part of our life.
To have the courage to die is the greatest heroism of all.
Non-cooperation with evil is sacred.
A moment is enough to do evil, a lifetime is not enough to do good. Those who noticed this and stepped forward in the struggle of life are virtuous.
Realize that today is more valuable than the yesterday that happened and the tomorrow that will happen.
Every minute of life is Bhagavadatta. It is given for human service. Epeddad
The ultimate goal of knowledge is the formation of the best soul.
If you want to achieve success in life, don’t look at the stairs, keep climbing them.
To build a nation, the people themselves must tighten their loins.
Gambling, drunkenness, lust – money spent on these brings double losses. You will lose both your money and health.
A water cell separated from the water is entering. It is glorified by carrying heavy ships on its breast when it is part of the Jaladhi. Dumbam is a cover for falsehood.
Thieves are those who get their daily meal without doing their part.
Satguru is the one who is beautiful in philosophy. He is the teaching teacher.
Making a mistake is a sin, but concealing it is a great sin. 100
A self-satisfied man cannot grow. Such greed is useless.
Everyone who aspires to awaken the God consciousness within them must rely on prayer.
Prayer is acceptance of one’s weaknesses and inadequacies.
God created man to do necessary work to earn his food.
A foolish Shiromani who does not even realize that he does not know anything.
A man who regards his profession as sacred and honourable* cannot be idle for a moment.
A man who is satisfied with himself will never grow.
A person who performs his duty properly will automatically inherit the same rights.
Admitting a mistake – is like a broom that sweeps up dirt and mess.
Dandaga is your daily prayer to God to have mercy and bless you if we are unable to show the least kindness we should show to our fellow creatures.
To the extent that a man contributes to the welfare of his fellow men, he becomes great.
Sacrifice for the sake of sacrifice is difficult, but sacrifice for the sake of service is easy.
The hoarding of the rich must be stopped so that the good quality of contentment can spread throughout the universe.
If the country gets freedom, then all people get freedom.
Developing a country is not about building glass walls and colorful walls. The moral development of the citizen is the real national development.
Only those who love the country can develop the country
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Hate evil, not evil.
Satyagraha is to forgive and love even the wicked.
If the weapon of ethics falls into the hands of the wicked, then they will become demons.
He who listens to the stories of the wicked is a real leper.
We can forgive the wicked. But no exception is useful in defying the evil character.
Non-violence is loving those who hate.
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Courage, perseverance, self-confidence – these three have made many ordinary people leaders.
He who lacks courage cannot earn freedom. If he gets it, he cannot keep it.
As the mission is sacred, the means adopted to achieve that mission must also be sacred.
A rich man is only a trustee but not an heir of his inherited property. He should also act as a trustee for the owner. One should experience only what one needs. Surplus property should go to Dharmanidhi. Such funds should be utilized for the welfare of society.
It should be realized that unrighteous government is executed. It is self-destructive.
Keep courage and faith. Do not let despair ever enter your mind.
From the moment you start showing importance towards money, power and luxury, your downfall starts.
All my life I have benefited from my critics and not from my admirers. Most importantly, it benefits from criticism in soft, gentle language.
I am fully aware of my weaknesses
If I didn’t have a sense of humor, I would have killed myself.
Am I not angry? comes But, I suppress the anger that comes. Never in that effort
I will be victorious. That is the secret of my success in life.
Persistence is the source of truth. But all our duties are precious. Rights are not far away if you try.
Swaraj is not Swaraj when there is lack of freedom and self-respect for the lower caste people.
It is the mind, not the tongue, that truly conveys taste.
Conquering cravings is the first step to a disciplined life.
It is not enough for us to satisfy reason alone to do anything truly worthwhile. The heart should also be moved.
Selflessness is the secret of life.
We do not have the authority to destroy life that we cannot build.
Freedom is to live upright.
Worrying about yesterday’s mistakes and tomorrow’s problems is the biggest mistake.
If integrity, efficiency and selflessness are lacking, systems will change.
Sincere prayer can move mountains.
Dharma teachings that are not useful to everyone in the eternal life have no meaning.
Power comes from honest service.
True civilization lies in the control of desires. But, they are not growing.
National development is possible only through continuous efforts and not through inaction.
Practice self-restraint and silence to accomplish your will.
It is important to do the work you want to do, be it small, big, famous or not – with care and attention. 151
There is no teacher better than righteous parents.
Just as water flows down the drain, evil degenerates man.
The eyes are the lamps of the body.
Your smart decision today is the foundation of tomorrow.
My religion is to fast and pray whenever I face unavoidable danger.
Crime is like a disease. So it should be treated as such.
The persistent do not count the effort.
Those who work can progress despite obstacles. Fame is what you have to persevere and achieve. Solidly
It is honor to preserve.
Yesterday’s enemies can become tomorrow’s friends if revengeful actions are stopped.
Failure does not mean running away from what you are doing. It means doing the work more diligently and persistently.
A word from a pure heart never fails.
Those who eat without working are equal to thieves.
The self-sacrifice of one sincere person is lakhs of times more powerful than the sacrifice of millions of people who have died in a non-violent attempt.
Asking for the mercy of Paru means selling his freedom.
True respect for the freedom of the press means that even if the press comments in harsh language,
Even if the subject is misrepresented, it is to be tolerated.
Sin is not hidden. It slaps a man in the face.
The work of the Pakistani does not detract from the efforts of the ruler. The labourer, the farm labourer, the laborer and the cultivator are all worshipped.
Untouchability pollutes Hinduism like a pebble poisons milk.
Sinful deeds require darkness.
A coward’s mind does not work with foresight.
Cowardice, violence, if you have to choose between them, violence is better.
A child’s education begins at birth. If civil rights are suppressed, the race loses all its vitality and becomes weak and impotent.
Greed and hypocrisy are children of violence, parents too.
God appears to the poor in the form of food.
It is my belief that self-knowledge can only be attained by serving the poor and becoming united with the poor.
God appears to the poor in the form of food.
Seeing God in money is like ignoring God.
Don’t spend where you have to save Don’t save where you have to spend.
A lost moment cannot be returned no matter how many gems are given.
A man who is afraid everywhere cannot be safe anywhere.
Prajavani Divyavani.
The performance of duties should be carried out independently without being linked to public opinion.
The gifts that come to public leaders are not theirs. They should be used for community service.
I fear the increase in government powers. It destroys the personality of those who are responsible for the progress of all and does immense disservice to humanity.
Among the sins committed by a man in the world, the most important is to talk with his half-heartedness and to look at the world.
All the myths of the world are false even if justified. People are the fingers, government is the fruit. If the fingers are sweet, the fruit will be sweet.
God’s command is that every man should sweat and earn food.
Discipline should be learned from adverse environment.
Doing the right thing is the right way, even if it means losing one’s life.
A human being who has no power to give life has no right to take the life of any living being.
Prayer is not in vain but we don’t understand when it will give results.
It is the heart, not the voice, that matters in prayer. Prayer is not begging. That is the calling of the Spirit.
Prayer is the key that opens the door in the morning and the latch that closes the door in the evening.
Any labor of love is light as a feather.
Love gives but does not demand love. Suffers pain but does not take revenge.
It is the effort that satisfies, not the result. Perfect effort is perfect success. 200
A weak and unwise government has no right to rule. That government should immediately vacate that position to others.
He who lives by letting go of greed while alive lives.
If the responsibilities are fulfilled then the rights will automatically follow.
Only those who recognize responsibilities and fulfill them fully have the power to fight for rights.
Celibacy is not just celibacy. Even sensory restraint.
The mind should be the servant of the heart.
Intimidation is also violence. Violence cannot make a person honest.
‘Slavery’ by admiration is better than ‘dominion’ by fear.
As if we got real freedom only when Indians stopped fighting among themselves. As if we really deserve freedom.
Wife is not bound to husband. She is a helper, a companion, a helper, an equal partner in joys and sorrows, as free as a husband in speech.
Don’t run crazy for indulgences. I don’t think social equality can be achieved through religiousization.
Just as pure water poured into a dirty vessel becomes dirty, so do the good deeds of a dirty mind.
He who is ready to die lives free.
Admitting our mistakes is the first step to self-purification. Real education is that which brings out the best in us.
Nationalism is better than communalism.
Karpanya is what turns a human into a demon. Compassion is what makes a human being Madhava.
As long as we give, we will be rich. As long as we hide from giving, we will be poor.
A form of ornament for man. An ornament to form. Knowledge is the jewel of quality, forgiveness is the jewel of wisdom.
A good one is always a slug. Evil runs like a winged horse. Goodness and greatness do not lie in wealth, but in modesty.
A good idea is never wasted.
If we have good books, the problem of not having a good friend will be solved.
Rama and Ravana are symbols of the constant struggle between good and evil.
We should never adopt habits beyond our level. If you stay in a big bungalow one day, you have to be prepared to stay in a hut the next.
We should think that we have got complete freedom in our country when women can walk outside without fear even in the middle of the night.
If we all can live with love and brotherhood we can change the shape of this world and make it a new world. Man should overcome greed and greed.
Exposing man is like excommunicating God.
Patience, tolerance and peace are the key to the survival of mankind.
A heartless prayer without words is better than a heartless prayer with words.
One should learn to live in India before desiring to die for the sake of human society.
If someone says to leave the truth for the sake of the Swaraj of the motherland, I will say that instead of leaving the motherland.
My aim is to see God in human service. God is neither in heaven nor in the underworld. He is in all of us.
One should speak in moderation, one should speak well, these are the things that bring respect to a man.
By your behavior, make others accept you.
It is better to be violent if you have violence in your heart than to wear a mask of non-violence to protect your incompetence.
Teach your children obedience first. Then all the rest.
A man without a smile on his face is like a man without clothes.
It is a lie because there is silver in pearl shells and water in mirages.
A true poet or seer is the one who can see life in death and death in life.
It is better to keep silence. Silence increases spiritual power. Calms the mind.
Real differences are often signs of normal development.
The machine has brought the world closer but has pushed nations apart.
Begging should not be taught. Learn to live. Don’t teach to depend on people. Learn to stand on your own feet.
Compromise is part of my life.
A farmer does not just fertilize and water the crop. Removes weeds from time to time. He knows that if the weeds are not removed, there will be no good harvest. Nor is it enough to promote good in human society. Evil must be prevented.
Patients don’t need to thank us. We ourselves should be grateful to them for giving us the opportunity to serve.
To say that there is a good thing that is not, is to blow away the good thing that is. 250
If we only think about the present, God will take care of the future.
Don’t listen to rumours, if you have to, don’t believe them.
Attire should be expressive. That means we should be able to understand cleanliness by clothes.
The measure of a person’s greatness is not the intellect, but the heart. The excellence of a person lies in the heart as well as in the intellect.
Addiction always thrives in the dark. It runs away when it sees the light.
Freedom of speech is our right not to be attacked by the government, even if it hurts the rulers.
The purpose of education is to learn knowledge and lessons.
Don’t hide education. If you divide it among ten people it will be more effective.
Education leads to humility, humility leads to personality, personality leads to wealth, wealth leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to happiness.
The real textbook that a student reads is his teacher.
Leave the foreign culture and adopt the native culture. Prayer is a tool for humility, sincerity and self-examination.
There is no national service beyond duty. If students’ thoughts and practices are not disciplined, their education is wasted.
Without humility, people cannot use their education.
All revolutionaries become reformers. All reformers become revolutionaries.
Liberation should come to the people, not the governments.
Where wisdom reigns, peace abounds.
Rest – like menstruating at the appropriate time for a torn cloth.
Where there is light, there is also shadow.
Darkness before light, death before birth.
Separation from these dualities is disinterested.
Vairagya means abandoning untruth and taking up truth.
Vairagya is important for theological preaching.
Love is friendship towards an enemy.
Eradicating enmity is better than winning over the enemy.
Since the body is the abode of the soul, it is sacred like a shrine.
If hard work is your weapon, success will be your slave.
Power abilities are transmitted through willpower.
Power does not come from physical ability. Invincibility comes from concentration.
Just as the body needs food, the soul needs prayer.
Shraddha does not wait for anyone’s advice.
Right to fruits of labor and responsibilities,
Knowledge without sila is only a destructive power.
An education that does not cultivate virtue is like a flower without fragrance. That education is pointless and pointless.
Clean air, clean water, sattvic food, pure consciousness these four are the basic rules necessary for human being.
Nothing is impossible for those who persevere with determination. That is the only formula for achieving success.
When doubts arise, when difficulties arise, when despair arises, I open the Bhagavad Gita. There is a verse in it that says… The Bhagavad Gita is a precious storehouse of knowledge that you have never seen.
A half-hearted job is like a loaf of bread. Education that does not contribute to success is meaningless.
Education without virtue is useless.
Truth is a great tree. The more we nurture it, the more it will bear fruit.
It is okay to believe in truth. A person who does not believe in God can also be a Hindu.
Truth abhors secrecy.
All it takes is courage to follow the truth. If you give true freedom to the truth, then the truth will set you free.
Since truth and non-violence are intertwined, they cannot be separated. They are like a toy and a bag for the same coin.
Whatever object is compared to truth, truth is always heavier.
An absolutely truthful person has no disappointment. It does not matter if a person is an atheist who does not lose the truth and dharma.
A satyagrahi takes falsehood as truth and becomes a tyrant if he is obstinate.
Satyagraha is not to gain power, it is to purify power, to use it
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Anger and impatience are the twin enemies of right understanding.
Those who have no greatness of their own are proud of their elders.
Realizing that adventure is not physical but spiritual, we will succeed.
Politics without principles, seeking wealth without hard work, happiness without friendship, education without wisdom, business without ethics, worship without devotion, worship without sacrifice, and science without humanity are the seven great sins afflicting this society. We have to give them up.
Happiness depends on what you give to someone. And not on what you get from them.
There is nothing more sacred than love in creation. Lazy people are equal to thieves.
Laziness and slavery are very harmful to the nation.
Laziness and ignorance are two worms that are eating us.
The more developed the women, the more developed the country should be.
The real basis of rights lies in responsibility. When the reason is auspicious, the soul is not polluted.
Hinduism believes not only in the oneness of human beings, but in the oneness of all living beings.
The way of violence is the way of the wild. The path of non-violence is the best
As opposed to violence, violence committed under unavoidable circumstances is non-violence.
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