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Belief Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

38 Belief quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

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Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. The quotes explain that belief can create the ability to act, even if the skill is missing at first. They also stress non‑violence as a powerful tool and a voice that speaks to every person, even when we try to ignore it.

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Belief in one God is the cornerstone of all religions.

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A man who throws himself on God ceases to fear man

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I desire no honour if I have to conceal my religious beliefs in order to have it.

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Cowardice is not a sign of belief in God.

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Always believe in your dreams, because if you dont, you'll not have hope.

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Man often becomes what he believes himself to be.

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I believe in God, not as a theory but as a fact more real than life itself.

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It is an ever-growing belief with me that truth cannot be found by violent means.

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Men are good. But they are poor victims making themselves miserable under the false belief that they are doing good.

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Belief in non-violence is based on the assumption that human nature in the essence is one and therefore unfailingly responds to the…

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It is beyond my power to induce in you a belief in God. There are certain things which are self proved and…

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It only confirms me in my belief that there is no Swaraj without a settlement with the Mussalmans.

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You may pluck out my eyes, but that cannot kill me. You may chop off my nose, but that will not kill…

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It is my unshakable belief that India's destiny is to deliver the message of nonviolence to mankind.

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If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I…

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My firm belief is that he reveals Himself daily to every human being but we shut our ears to the still small…

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Experience convinces me that permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth & violence. Even if my belief is a fond…

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Its unadulterated belief in the oneness of God and a practical application of the truth of the brotherhood of man for those…

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I am a Hindu by birth. And yet I do not know much of Hinduism, and I know less of other religions.…

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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.…

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I believe in the doctrine of non-violence as a weapon of the weak. I believe in the doctrine of non-violence as a…

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In this age of the rule of brute force, it is almost impossible for anyone to believe that any one else could…

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A general belief seems to prevail in the colony that the Indians are little better, if at all, than the savages or…

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It is a first class human tragedy that people of the earth who claim to believe in the message of Jesus, whom…

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Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain…

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Whilst I may not actually help anyone to retaliate, I must not let a coward seek shelter behind nonviolence so-called. Not knowing…

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“One who conserves his vital fluid acquires unfailing power”

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This belief in God has to be based on faith which transcends reason.

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My optimism rests on my belief in the infinite possibilities of the individual to develop nonviolence. . . . In a gentle…

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

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There is a vital connection between satyagraha and charkha, and the more I find that belief challenged, the more I am confirmed…

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It is my unmistakable belief that not a blade of grass moves but by the divine will.

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Do not flatter yourselves with the belief that a mere recital of that celebrated verse in St. John makes a man a…

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This belief in the necessity of English training has enslaved us. It has unfitted us for true national service.

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The fullest life is impossible without an immovable belief in a Living Law in obedience to which the whole universe moves.

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To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of…

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To benefit by others' killing and to delude oneself into the belief that one is being very religions and nonviolent is sheer…

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Without a belief in my programme and without an acceptance of my condition, you will ruin me, ruin yourselves and ruin the…

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I do not want to live at the cost of the life even of a snake. I should let him bite me to death…

Devotion required by the Gita is no soft-hearted effusiveness.

No nation being under another nation can accept gifts, and kick at the responsibility attached to those gifts, imposed by the conquering nation.

So long as we fear the outside world, we must cease to think of Swaraj.

I do not want a kingdom, or heaven; what I want is to remove the trouble of the oppressed, the poor, and the needy.

Religions are not for separating men from one another, they are meant to bind them.

I hold flesh-food to be unsuited to our species. We err in copying the lower animal world if we are superior to it.

“It was only in South Africa that I got over this shyness, though I never completely overcame it. It was impossible for me to…

“Where there is life.”

If it was wrong to seek God in a stone, how was it right to seek Him in a book called the Gita, the…

The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular.

Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.

My motto is "Unite now, today if you can; fight if you must. But in every case avoid British intervention."

I have no disciples, being myself an aspirant after discipleship and in search of a guru.

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