Quotations of Mahathma Gandhiji
Truth
Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.
Truth never damages a cause that is just.
An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
Truth quenches untruth, love quenches anger, self-suffering quenches violence. This eternal rule is a rule not for saints only but for all.
In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.
Even as wisdom often comes from the mouths of babes, so does it often come from the mouths of old people. The golden rule is to test everything in the light of reason and experience, no matter from where it comes.
Abstract truth has no value unless it incarnates in human beings who represent it, by proving their readiness to die for it.
There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.
He who trifles with truth cuts at the root of Ahimsa [non-violence]. He who is angry is guilty of Himsa.
All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.
Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.
Breach of promise is a base surrender of truth.
Breach of promise is no less an act of insolvency than a refusal to pay one’s debt.
Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for the confession.