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Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something,it makes me incapable of doing it. When I believe I can,I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn’t have it in the

Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something,it makes me incapable of doing it. When I believe I can,I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn’t have it in the beginning.’"Mahatma Gandhi

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Freedom, Believe, Men

The world is weary of hate. We see the fatigue overcoming the Western nations.

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Hate, Overcoming, World
Mahatma Gandhi (1993). “Gandhi on Nehru”

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

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Inspirational, Motivational, Success
Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.154, A&C Black

A man who wants to control his animal passions easily does so if he controls his palate.

Mahatma Gandhi
Passion, Animal, Men
Mahatma Gandhi (1994). “The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings”, p.140, Grove Press

My uniform experience has convinced me that there is no other God than Truth

Mahatma Gandhi
Truth, Uniforms, Convinced
Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.35, A&C Black

It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us. This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good heart whatever they might have to say.

Mahatma Gandhi
Spiritual, Heart, Evil
Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rabindranath Tagore (1968). “Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore: Being a Treasury of Over Ten Thousand Invaluable and Inspiring Thoughts, Views, and Obervations on about Eight Hundred Subjects of Popular Interest, Collected from the Speeches and Writings of These Three Great Leaders of Modern India”

The way of peace is the way of truth. Truthfulness is even more important than peacefulness.

Mahatma Gandhi
Truth, Important, Way
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.158, Rajpal & Sons

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

Mahatma Gandhi
Dirty, Ocean, Unique

Good travels at a snail's pace. Those who want to do good are not selfish, they are not in a hurry, they know that to impregnate people with good requires a long time.

Mahatma Gandhi
Selfish, Long, People
Mahatma Gandhi, Rudrangshu Mukherjee (1993). “The Penguin Gandhi Reader”, p.24, Penguin Books India

Aggressive civil disobedience should be confined to a vindication of the right of free speech and free association.

Mahatma Gandhi
Speech, Association, Should
Mahatma Gandhi, Rudrangshu Mukherjee (1993). “The Penguin Gandhi Reader”, p.149, Penguin Books India

Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity.

Mahatma Gandhi
Wise, Spiritual, Wealth

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

Mahatma Gandhi
Spiritual, Thoughtful, Winning
Mahatma Gandhi (2011). “The Way to God: Selected Writings from Mahatma Gandhi”, p.36, North Atlantic Books

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.

Mahatma Gandhi
Inspirational, Motivational, Law
Mahatma Gandhi (2007). “Gandhi on Non-Violence”, p.88, New Directions Publishing

Where there is fear there is no religion.

Mahatma Gandhi
Fear, Religion
Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects”

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

Mahatma Gandhi
Inspirational, God, Peace
Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects”

To me Truth is God and there is no way to find Truth except the way of nonviolence.

Mahatma Gandhi
God, Way, Truth Is
Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.76, A&C Black

Nonviolence becomes meaningless if violence is permitted for self-defence.

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Self, Violence, Defence
Mahatma Gandhi (1949). “Communal Unity”

What barrier is there that love cannot break?

Mahatma Gandhi
Spiritual, Best Love, Break
Mahatma Gandhi (1948). “Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth”, p.158, Courier Corporation

Man becomes not the lord and master of all creation but he is its servant.

Mahatma Gandhi
Men, Creation, Lord
Mahatma Gandhi (1994). “Volume of prefaces”

Men like me feel that untouchability is no integral part of Hinduism, it is an excrescence.

Mahatma Gandhi
Men, Hinduism, Untouchability
Pyarelal, Mahatma Gandhi (1932). “The Epic Fast”

My swadeshi chiefly centers round the handspun khaddar and extends to everything that can be and is produced in India.

Mahatma Gandhi
India, Rounds

One can measure the greatness and the moral progress of a nation by looking at how it treats its animals.

Mahatma Gandhi
Inspirational, Animal, Greatness

A mother would never by choice sleep in a wet bed but she would gladly do so in order to spare the dry bed for her child.

Mahatma Gandhi
Mother, Children, Sleep
Mahatma Gandhi (1949). “Selected Letters”

When you make yourself into zero, your power becomes invincible.

Mahatma Gandhi
Wisdom, Zero, Fun

Truth never damages a cause that is just.

Mahatma Gandhi
Inspirational, Inspiring, Truth
Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (2007). “Gandhi on Non-Violence”, p.47, New Directions Publishing