Mohandas Gandhi Quotes on Man (35 Quotes)

Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being.

Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.

Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.

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

Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him.

A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.

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

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

Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.

There is no occasion for women to consider themselves subordinate or inferior to men.

Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.

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.

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

Whenever I see an erring man, I say to myself I have also erred when I see a lustful man I say to myself, so was I once and in this way I feel kinship with everyone in the world and feel that I cannot be happy without the humblest of us being happy.

I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of God's creation, woman, the object of our lust.

The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher law, to the strength of the spirit.

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.

Surely conversion is a matter between man and his Maker who alone knows his creatures' hearts. A conversion without a clean heart is, in my opinion, a denial of God and Religion. Conversion without cleanliness of heart can only be a matter of sorrow, not

As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality. Man, for instance,cannot be untruthful, cruel or incontinent and claim to have God on his side.

Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?

Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.

I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith. Work without faith is like an attempt to reach the bottom of a bottomless pit.

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

Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.

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.

The good man is the friend of all living things.

Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.

Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.

Destruction is not the law of humans. Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him. Every murder or other injury, no matter for what cause, committed or inflicted on another is a crime against humanity.

Proved right should be capable of being vindicated by right means as against the rude i.e. sanguinary means. Man may and should shed his own blood for establishing what he considers to be his right. He may not shed the blood of his opponent who disputes his 'right'.

I have found by experience that man makes his plans to be often upset by God, but, at the same time, where the ultimate goal is the search of truth, no matter how a man's plans are frustrated the issue is never injurious and often better then anticipated.

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.

A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.

Woman is 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 an equal right of freedom and liberty with him.