Mahatma Gandhi Soul Quotations

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.

It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.

When I admire the wonder of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in worship of the Creator

In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in an clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.

Ahimas is the attribute of the soul, and therefore, to be practiced by everybody in all affairs of life. If it cannot be practiced in all departments, it has no practical value.

My whole soul rebels against the idea that Hinduism and Islam represent two antagonistic cultures and doctrines.

Whilst the Bihar calamity damages the body, the calamity brought about by untouchability corrodes the very soul.

By using violence to subjugate one another we are using violence against our own souls.

All true art must help the soul to realize its inner self.

Bravery on the battlefield is impossible for us. Bravery of the soul still remains open to us.

A balanced intellect presupposes a harmonious growth of body, mind and soul.

In man, reason quickens and guides feelings; in brute, the soul lies ever dormant.

Soul-force comes only through God's grace and never descends upon a man who is a slave to lust.

The use of soul-force for turning stones into bread would have been considered, as it is still considered, as black magic.

History supplied numerous instances to prove that brute force is as nothing before soul-force.

Great causes cannot be served by intellectual equipment alone, they call for spiritual effort of soul-force.

The strength of the soul can defy a whole world in arms against it.

The force of the spirit is ever progressive and endless. Its full expression makes it unconquerable in the world.

Spiritual force is like any other force at the service of man.

Only living things bring living joy to the soul and must elevate it.

Anything which is a hindrance to the fight of the soul is a delusion and a snare, even like the body which often does hinder you in the path of salvation.

The force of love is the same as the force of the soul or truth.

My soul refuses to be satisfied so long as it is a helpless witness of a single wrong or a single misery.

A genuine fast cleanses the body, mind and soul. It crucifies the flesh and to that extent sets the soul free.

When the ego dies, the soul awakes.

Nirvana is the utter extinction of all that is base in us, all that is vicious in us. Nirvana is not like the black, dead peace of the grave, but the living peace, the living happiness of a soul which is conscious of itself and conscious of having found its own abode in the heart of the Eternal.

Mere mental, that is, intellectual labour, is for the soul and has its own satisfaction.

He who runs may see that opium and such other intoxicants and narcotics stupefy a man's soul and reduce him to a level lower than that of beasts.

My national service is part of my training for freeing my soul from the bondage of the flesh.

Nonviolence is a quality not of the body but of the soul.

Nonviolence or soul force does not need physical aids for its propagation of effect.

Nonviolence is an active force of the highest order. It is soul force or the power of the godhead within us.

Civil disobedience is the only nonviolent escape from the soul-destroying heat of violence.

Temple going is for the purification of the soul.

Satyagraha is itself an unmistakable mute prayer of an agonized soul.

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

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul.

I believe in the absolute oneness of God and, therefore, also of humanity. What though we have many bodies? We have but one soul. The rays of the sun are many through refraction. But they have the same source. I cannot, therefore, detach myself from the wickedest soul (nor may I be denied identity with the most virtuous).

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

As a rule, the mind, residing in a body that has become weakened by pampering, is also weak, and where there is no strength of mind there can be no strength of soul.

I am but a poor struggling soul yearning to be wholly good, wholly truthful and wholly non-violent in thought, word and deed, but ever failing to reach the ideal which I know to be true. It is a painful climb, but each step upwards makes me feel stronger and fit for the next.

Ahimsa is the attribute of the soul, and therefore, to be practiced by everybody in all affairs of life. If it cannot be practiced in all departments, it has no practical value.

We have no evidence whatsoever that the soul perishes with the body.

Where there is no strength of mind there can be no strength of soul.

Non-cooperation is an attempt to awaken the masses, to a sense of their dignity and power. This can only be done by enabling them to realise that they need not fear brute force, if they but know the soul within.

Hinduism is a living organism. One and indivisible at the root, it has grown into a vast tree with innumerable branches. Knowledge is limitless and so also the application of truth. Everyday we add to our knowledge of the power of Atman (soul) and we shall keep on doing so.

Bravery is not a quality of the body. It is of the soul.

Fear is not a disease of the body; fear kills the soul.

A good person will resist an evil system with his whole soul. Disobedience of the laws of an evil state is therefore a duty.

The soul of India lives in its villages.

Far more indispensable then food for the physical body is spiritual nourishment for the soul. One can do without food for a considerable time, but a man of the spirit cannot exist for a single second without spiritual nourishment.

It is possible for a single individual to defy the whole might of an unjust empire to save his honor, his religion, his soul, and lay the foundation for that empire's fall or its regeneration.

Ill-digested principles are, if anything, worse than ill-digested food, for the latter harms the body and there is cure for it, whereas the former ruins the soul and there is no cure for it.

The music of the spinning wheel will be as balm to your soul.

The Bhagavad-Gita calls on humanity to dedicate body, mind and soul to pure duty and not to become mental voluptuaries at the mercy of random desires and undisciplined impulses.