Mahatma Gandhi Peace Quotations

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.

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

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

There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.

The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.

Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.

Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.

I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.

Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.

To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body.

Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.

There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.

We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.

If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.

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

The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.

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

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

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

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 or democracy?

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

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

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.

Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.

Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.

The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.

I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.

Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.

If we are to reach peace in this world and if we are to carry on a war against war, we shall have to begin with the children

Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day: - I shall not fear anyone on Earth. - I shall fear only God. - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.

Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.

Poverty is the worst form of violence.

Once one assumes an attitude of intolerance, there is no knowing where it will take one. Intolerance, someone has said, is violence to the intellect and hatred is violence to the heart.

Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, Your values become your destiny.

Peace is unattained by part performance of conditions, even as a chemical combination is impossible without complete fulfillment of the conditions of attainment thereof.

Without prayer there is no inward peace.

Not to believe in the possibility of permanent peace is to disbelieve in the Godliness of human nature.

The English peace is the peace of the grave.

The Attainment of freedom, whether for a person, a nation or a world, must be in exact proportion to the attainment of nonviolence for each

It Is possible to live in peace.

Peace is its own reward.

Peace will not come out of a clash of arms but out of justice lived and done by unarmed nations in the face of odds.

I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings.

Liberty and democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

There is no road towards peace; peace is the road

What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.

Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.

Morality is contraband in war.

There is no 'way to peace,' there is only 'peace.

I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life.

If we wish to create a lasting peace we must begin with the children.

Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.

You Christians look after a document containing enough dynamite to blow all civilisation to pieces, turn the world upside down and bring peace to a battle-torn planet. But you treat it as though it is nothing more than a piece of literature.

Non-violence is the article of faith.

We are constantly being astonished these days at the amazing discoveries in the field of violence. But I maintain that far more undreamt of and seemingly impossible discoveries will be made in the field of nonviolence.

I do not believe in the doctrine of the greatest good of the greatest number. The only real, dignified, human doctrine is the greatest good of all.

I am part and parcel of the whole and cannot find God apart from the rest of humanity.

If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed � but hate these things in yourself, not in another.

It is the law of love that rules mankind.

The very first step in nonviolence is that we cultivate in our daily life, as between ourselves, truthfulness, humility, tolerance, loving kindness.

Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it

Three quarters of the miseries and misunderstandings in the world would finish if people were to put on the shoes of their adversaries and understood their points of view

It is my conviction that nothing enduring can be built on violence. The only safe way to overcome an enemy is to make of that enemy a friend.

Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute. The spirit lies dormant in the brute, and he knows no law but that of physical might. The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher laws - to the strength of the spirit.

Truth and non-violence are not cloistered virtues but applicable as much in the forum and the legislatures as in the market place.

I contend that non-violent acts exert pressure far more effective than violent acts, for the pressure comes from goodwill and gentleness.

I believe that it is impossible to end hatred with hatred.

I can combine the greatest love with the greatest opposition to wrong.

All my actions have their rise in my inalienable love of mankind.

You can't shake hands with a closed fist.

Outward Peace is useless without inner Peace

Nonviolence in politics is a new weapon in the process of evolution; its vast possibilities are yet unexplored.

Nonviolence is an unchangeable creed. It has to be pursued even in face of violence raging around you.

Peace is the state where love abides and seeks to share itself.