Mahathma

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

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

A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.

A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.


A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.


A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.

A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practice perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.


A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.


A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.


A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.


Action expresses priorities.


Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.


All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.

All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.


Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.


Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.


An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.


An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.


An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.


An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.


Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.


Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.


As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.

----- Mahathma Gandhiji .........