Mahatma Gandhi Names Quotations

Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.

There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.

The bomb-throwers have discredited the cause of freedom, in whose name they threw the bombs.

Is a civilization worth the name, which requires, for its existence the very doubtful prop of a racial legislation and a lynch law?

A rose will smell as sweet by any other name, but it must be the rose of liberty that I want and not the artificial product.

Everything I have personally experienced, and that also has been expressed by the leaders of the great religions points to the fact that a global spirituality already exists and was intrinsically there from the start as God (by whatever name) is one and is indivisible - everywhere outside time and place.

A scavenger who works in His service shares equal distinction with a king who uses his gifts in His name and is a mere trustee.

Khadi service, village service and Harijan service are one in reality, though three in name.

For satyagraha and its offshoots, non-co-operation and civil resistance, are nothing but new names for the law of suffering.

We cry for cow protection in the name of religion, but we refuse protection to the human cow in the shape of the girl-widow.

In the name of religion, we force widowhood upon our three lakh girl-widows who could not understand the import of the marriage ceremony.

A satyagrahi may not ride two horses, truth and untruth, at the same time, nor, to change the metaphor, trim his sail to catch every breeze as you do in the name of communism.

I can not give you the reference of Ram Chandar or Krishna, because they were not historical figures. I can not help it but to present to you the names of (Hazrat) Abu Bakar (RA) and (Hazrat) Umar Farooq (RA). They were leaders of a vast Empire, yet they lived a life of austerity.

No sacrifice is worth the name unless it is a joy. Sacrifice and a long face go ill together. Sacrifice is 'making sacred'. He must be a poor specimen of humanity who is in need of sympathy for his sacrifice.

I call myself a Sanatani Eternal Hindu, because I believe in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Puranas, and all that goes by the name of Hindu scripture, and therefore in avataras and rebirth...

What kind of victory is it when someone is left defeated? What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy. What is a war criminal? Was not war itself a crime against God and humanity, and, therefore, were not all those who sanctioned, engineered and conducted wars, war criminals? The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Non-cooperation with evil is a sacred duty.

How can I make difference so that I may bring peace to this world that I love and cherish so much? A name flickers instantly in my mind.

I am a passionate seeker after truth which is but another name for God.

Hypocrisy and distortion are passing currents under the name of religion

Satan's successes are the greatest when he appears with the name of God on his lips.

God has a thousand names, or rather He is Nameless.

God is known by many names. And in the last analysis God's names were as many as human beings.

All of us with one voice call one God differently as Parmatma, Ishwara, Shiva, Vishnu, Rama, Allah, Khuda, Dada-Hormuzda, Jehova, God and an infinite variety of names.

Calling them devadasis we insult God Himself in the name of religion.

He who has a living faith in God will not do evil deeds with name of God on his lips.

It is impossible that God, who is the God of Justice, could have made the distinctions that men observe today in the name of religion.

Imperialism is a negation of God. It does ungodly acts in the name of God.

The Law is God. Anything attributed to Him is not a mere attribute. He is Truth, Love, Law and a million things that human ingenuity can name.

There is no greater spellbinder of peace than the name of God.