Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame. Mahatma Gandhi More Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi More Quotes From Mahatma Gandhi You may think your actions are meaningless and that they won't help, but that is no excuse, you must still act. Mahatma Gandhi excuse-youenvironmentalthinking Cowardice is impotence worse than violence. The coward desires revenge but being afraid to die, he looks to others, maybe to the government of the day, to do the work of defense for him. A coward is less than a man. He does not deserve to be a member of a society of men and women. Mahatma Gandhi revengedesiremen I call him religious who understands the suffering of others. Mahatma Gandhi religiousspiritualkindness In a gentle way, you can shake the world. Mahatma Gandhi new-yearpositiveinspirational Contraceptive methods are like putting a premium on vice. It makes men and women reckless... As it is, man has sufficiently degraded woman for his lust, and [contraception] , no matter how well meaning the advocates may be, will still further degrade her. Mahatma Gandhi lustmaymen The most violent weapon on earth is the table fork. Mahatma Gandhi humanityearthanimal I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. Mahatma Gandhi inspirationalwarpeace We notice that the mind is a restless bird; the more it gets the more it wants, and still remains unsatisfied. The more we indulge our passions the more unbridled they become. Our ancestors, therefore, set a limit to our indulgences. They saw that happiness was largely a mental condition. A man is not necessarily happy because he is rich, or unhappy because he is poor.... Millions will always remain poor. Mahatma Gandhi passionhappinessmen The person who discovered the law of love was a far greater scientist than any of our modern scientists. Only our explorations have not gone far enough and so it is not possible for everyone to see all its workings. Mahatma Gandhi acceptancelawlove It is pleasant that there will be no religions in heaven. Mahatma Gandhi pleasantheaven What may appear as truth to one person will often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry the seeker. When there is honest effort, it will be realised that what appears to be different truths are like apparently different countless leaves of the same tree. Mahatma Gandhi efforthealingworry No man loses his freedom except through his own weakness. Mahatma Gandhi losesweaknessmen It hurts me to think that people in their rush for everything modern despise all their ancient traditions and ignore them in their lives. Mahatma Gandhi hurtpeoplethinking I suggest that we are thieves in a way. If I take anything that I do not need for my own immediate use, and keep it, I thieve it from somebody else. ... Nature produces enough for our wants from day to day, and if only every-body took enough for himself and nothing more, there would be no pauperism in this world, there would be no man dying of starvation in this world. But so long as we have got this inequality, so long we are thieving. Mahatma Gandhi dyingmenlong The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity. Mahatma Gandhi sisterhoodrealcharacter Literary education is of no value, if it is not able to build up a sound character. Mahatma Gandhi ablesoundcharacter Political power means the capacity to regulate national life through national representatives. Mahatma Gandhi politicalpowermean The day a woman can walk freely on the roads at night, that day we can say that India has achieved independence Mahatma Gandhi independenceindianight There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread. Mahatma Gandhi humorouswittyfood It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh. Mahatma Gandhi soulfleshbelieve
