Quotes By Author: Mahatma Gandhi

“Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.”

“If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my personal affair. The state has nothing to do with it. The state would look after your secular welfare, health, communications, foreign relations, currency and so on, but not your or my religion. That is everybody’s personal concern!”

“Even a single lamp dispels the deepest darkness.”

“Intellect takes us along in the battle of life to a certain limit, but at the crucial moment it fails us. Faith transcends reason. It is when the horizon is the darkest and human reason is beaten down to the ground that faith shines brightest and comes to our rescue.”

“All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul.”

“Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew.”

“I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.”

“To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.”

“It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.”

“To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.”

“Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.”

“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”

“Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.”

“No hay caminos para la paz; la paz es el camino.”

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