Top 500 Mahatma Gandhi Quotes (2026 Update)
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301. “Life is an aspiration. Its mission is to strive after perfection, which is self-realization. The ideal must not be lowered because of our weaknesses or imperfections.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

302. “The Truth is far more powerful than any weapon of mass destruction.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

303. “Nobody in this world possesses absolute truth. This is God’s attribute alone. Relative truth is all we know. Therefore, we can only follow the truth as we see it. Such pursuit of truth cannot lead anyone astray.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

304. “I am a man of peace. I believe in peace. But I do not want peace at any price.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

305. “The object of basic education is the physical, intellectual and moral development of children through the medium of handicraft.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

306. “The true source of rights is duty.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

307. “The test of friendship is assistance in adversity, and that, too, unconditional assistance.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

308. “Outward Peace is useless without inner Peace.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

309. “Every living faith must have within itself the power of rejuvenation if it is to live.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

310. “Individual liberty and interdependence are both essential for life in society.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

311. “Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man you have seen, and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going to be any use to him.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

312. “Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

313. “Woman in the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacities. She has the right to participate in the minutest details in the activities of man, and she has equal right to liberty of freedom and liberty with him.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

314. “Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a rudderless ship, bound to break to pieces on coming in contact with the very first rock.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

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315. “Violent nationalism, otherwise known as imperialism, is a curse.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

316. “Urbanization in India is a slow but sure death for her villages and villagers.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

317. “Man is the center of a circle without a circumference, except the one he creates for himself.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

318. “I learnt from Hussein how to achieve victory while being oppressed.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

319. “The Charkha is the symbol of nonviolence on which all life, if it is to be real life, must be based.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

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320. “When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

321. “A life without vows is like a ship without an anchor or like an edifice that is built on sand instead of a solid rock.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

322. “If I had to face only the Sermon on the Mount and my own interpretation of it, I should not hesitate to say, ‘O yes, I am a Christian.’”

— Mahatma Gandhi

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

324. “The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

325. “See the good in people and help them.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

326. “For us, patriotism is the same as the love of humanity.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

327. “To me God is truth and love, God is ethics and morality, God is fearlessness.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

328. “One can measure the greatness and the moral progress of a nation by looking at how it treats its animals.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

329. “Education without courage is like a wax statue – beautiful to look at but bound to melt at the first touch of a hot stuff.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

330. “Hindu-Muslim unity, khaddar and removal of untouchability are to me the foundation of Swaraj.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

331. “True education must correspond to the surrounding circumstances or it is not a healthy growth.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

332. “Service without humility is selfishness and egotism.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

333. “Blaming the wolf would not help the sheep much. The sheep must learn not to fall in the clutches of the wolf.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

334. “Just as the body cannot exist without blood, so the soul needs the matchless and pure strength of faith.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

335. “Always believe in your dreams, because if you don’t, you’ll still have hope.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

336. “Truth and nonviolence are as old as the hills.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

337. “Sacrifice that causes pain is no sacrifice at all. True sacrifice is joy-giving and uplifting.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

338. “I believe in absolute oneness of God and therefore also of humanity.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

339. “My greatest weapon is mute prayer.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

340. “That economics is untrue which ignores or disregards moral values.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

341. “The truest test of civilization, culture and dignity is character and not clothing.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

342. “In nature there is a fundamental unity running through all the diversity we see about us. Religions are given to mankind so as to accelerate the process of realisation of fundamental unity.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

343. “Truth triumphs, even if there be no public support.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

344. “You will eat not to satisfy your palate but your hunger. A self-indulgent man lives to eat; a self-restrained man eats to live.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

345. “A man of faith will remain steadfast to truth even though the whole world might appear to be enveloped in falsehood.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

346. “He who does not see God in the next person he meets need look no further.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

347. “What better book can there be than the book of humanity.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

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348. “Peace between countries must rest on the solid foundation of love between individuals.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

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349. “Democracy disciplined and enlightened is the finest thing in the world. A democracy prejudiced, ignorant, superstitious, will land itself in chaos and may be self-destroyed.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

350. “Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians – you are not like him.”

— Mahatma Gandhi