--- title: "8 Bases Quotes By Mahatma Gandhi" description: "8 Bases quotes by Mahatma Gandhi. Plus more from Mahatma Gandhi and more Bases sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da1/mahatma-gandhi-23_bases_a-selfish-basis-would-not-serve-the-purp_591413.jpg" --- > [A selfish basis would not serve the purpose of taking a man higher and higher along the paths of evolution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/a-selfish-basis-would-not-serve-the-purpose-of-taking-a-man-higher/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da1/mahatma-gandhi-23_bases_a-selfish-basis-would-not-serve-the-purp_591413.jpg) > [It is the law of love that rules mankind. Had violence, i.e. hate, rules us we would have become extinct long ago.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/it-is-the-law-of-love-that-rules-mankind-had-violence-i-e-hate-rules/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0e/mahatma-gandhi-23_bases_it-is-the-law-of-love-that-rules-mankind_1445233.jpg) > [The science of war leads one to dictatorship, pure and simple. The science of non-violence alone can lead one to pure democracy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/the-science-of-war-leads-one-to-dictatorship-pure-and-simple-the/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e14/mahatma-gandhi-23_anarchy_the-science-of-war-leads-one-to-dictator_1637366.jpg) > [Love is the basis of our friendship as it is of religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/love-is-the-basis-of-our-friendship-as-it-is-of-religion/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/mahatma-gandhi-23_bases_love-is-the-basis-of-our-friendship-as-i_1664914.jpg) > [I don't believe in stereotypes, I prefer to hate people on a more personal basis. The measure of a truly great man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/i-don-t-believe-in-stereotypes-i-prefer-to-hate-people-on-a-more/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5d/mahatma-gandhi-23_bases_i-don-t-believe-in-stereotypes-i-prefer_2131099.jpg) > [As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/as-soon-as-we-lose-the-moral-basis-we-cease-to-be-religious-there-is/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94d/mahatma-gandhi-23_bases_as-soon-as-we-lose-the-moral-basis-we-ce_2171377.jpg) > [As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/as-soon-as-we-lose-the-moral-basis-we-cease-to-be-religious-there-is-2/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/001/mahatma-gandhi-23_animal-rights_as-soon-as-we-lose-the-moral-basis-we-ce_2522473.jpg) > [... man was not born a carnivorous animal, but born to live on the fruits and herbs that the earth grows. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/man-was-not-born-a-carnivorous-animal-but-born-to-live-on-the-fruits/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bd/mahatma-gandhi-23_advice_man-was-not-born-a-carnivorous-animal-bu_2660827.jpg) ## Other authors on Bases ## More by Mahatma Gandhi > [I do not want to live at the cost of the life even of a snake. I should let him bite me to death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/i-do-not-want-to-live-at-the-cost-of-the-life-even-of-a-snake-i/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [Devotion required by the Gita is no soft-hearted effusiveness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/devotion-required-by-the-gita-is-no-soft-hearted-effusiveness/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [No nation being under another nation can accept gifts, and kick at the responsibility attached to those gifts, imposed by the conquering nation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/no-nation-being-under-another-nation-can-accept-gifts-and-kick-at-the/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [So long as we fear the outside world, we must cease to think of Swaraj.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/so-long-as-we-fear-the-outside-world-we-must-cease-to-think-of-swaraj/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [I do not want a kingdom, or heaven; what I want is to remove the trouble of the oppressed, the poor, and the needy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/i-do-not-want-a-kingdom-or-heaven-what-i-want-is-to-remove-the/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [Religions are not for separating men from one another, they are meant to bind them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/religions-are-not-for-separating-men-from-one-another-they-are-meant/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [I hold flesh-food to be unsuited to our species. We err in copying the lower animal world if we are superior to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/i-hold-flesh-food-to-be-unsuited-to-our-species-we-err-in-copying-the/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [“It was only in South Africa that I got over this shyness, though I never completely overcame it. It was impossible for me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/it-was-only-in-south-africa-that-i-got-over-this-shyness-though-i/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [“Where there is life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/where-there-is-life/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [If it was wrong to seek God in a stone, how was it right to seek Him in a book called the Gita, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/if-it-was-wrong-to-seek-god-in-a-stone-how-was-it-right-to-seek-him/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/the-spirit-of-democracy-cannot-be-established-in-the-midst-of/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/champions-are-made-from-something-they-have-deep-inside-of-them-a/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [My motto is "Unite now, today if you can; fight if you must. But in every case avoid British intervention."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/my-motto-is-unite-now-today-if-you-can-fight-if-you-must-but-in-every/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [I have no disciples, being myself an aspirant after discipleship and in search of a guru.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/i-have-no-disciples-being-myself-an-aspirant-after-discipleship-and/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [Man becomes not the lord and master of all creation but he is its servant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/man-becomes-not-the-lord-and-master-of-all-creation-but-he-is-its/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bases/mahatma-gandhi/#itemlist", "name": "8 Bases Quotes By Mahatma Gandhi", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A selfish basis would not serve the purpose of taking a man higher and higher along the paths of evolution.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mahatma Gandhi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/a-selfish-basis-would-not-serve-the-purpose-of-taking-a-man-higher/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da1/mahatma-gandhi-23_bases_a-selfish-basis-would-not-serve-the-purp_591413.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da1/mahatma-gandhi-23_bases_a-selfish-basis-would-not-serve-the-purp_591413.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da1/mahatma-gandhi-23_bases_a-selfish-basis-would-not-serve-the-purp_591413.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A selfish basis would not serve the purpose of taking a man higher and higher along the paths of evolution.” — Mahatma Gandhi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is the law of love that rules mankind. 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