--- title: "13 Instruments Quotes By Mahatma Gandhi" description: "13 Instruments quotes by Mahatma Gandhi. Plus more from Mahatma Gandhi and more Instruments sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a6/mahatma-gandhi-23_god_god-has-his-own-way-of-choosing-his-inst_1580933.jpg" --- > [God has His own way of choosing His instruments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/god-has-his-own-way-of-choosing-his-instruments/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a6/mahatma-gandhi-23_god_god-has-his-own-way-of-choosing-his-inst_1580933.jpg) > [Charkha is an instrument of service.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/charkha-is-an-instrument-of-service/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d6/mahatma-gandhi-23_instrument_charkha-is-an-instrument-of-service-2579_2579386.jpg) > [Spiritual instruments suffer in their potency when their use is taught through non-spiritual messages which are self-propagating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/spiritual-instruments-suffer-in-their-potency-when-their-use-is/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/mahatma-gandhi-23_instruments_spiritual-instruments-suffer-in-their-po_212242.jpg) > [Satan mostly employs comparatively moral instruments and the language of ethics to give his aims an air of respectability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/satan-mostly-employs-comparatively-moral-instruments-and-the-language/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a8/mahatma-gandhi-23_aim_satan-mostly-employs-comparatively-moral_2603467.jpg) > [The Charkha in the hands of a poor widow brings a paltry price to her, in the hands of Jawaharlal; it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/the-charkha-in-the-hands-of-a-poor-widow-brings-a-paltry-price-to-her/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4db/mahatma-gandhi-23_freedom_the-charkha-in-the-hands-of-a-poor-widow_132307.jpg) > [Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/measures-must-always-in-a-progressive-society-be-held-superior-to-men/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da6/mahatma-gandhi-23_greatness_measures-must-always-in-a-progressive-so_2829671.jpg) > [The instruments for the quest for Truth are as simple as they are difficult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/the-instruments-for-the-quest-for-truth-are-as-simple-as-they-are/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f3/mahatma-gandhi-23_adventure_the-instruments-for-the-quest-for-truth_1925921.jpg) > [God chooses as His instrument the humblest and weakest of His creatures to fulfill Himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/god-chooses-as-his-instrument-the-humblest-and-weakest-of-his/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de1/mahatma-gandhi-23_creatures_god-chooses-as-his-instrument-the-humble_1117645.jpg) > [For me, the different religions are beautiful flowers from the same garden, or they are branches of the same majestic tree. Therefore,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/for-me-the-different-religions-are-beautiful-flowers-from-the-same/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ef/mahatma-gandhi-23_beautiful_for-me-the-different-religions-are-beaut_246543.jpg) > [If God holds me to be a pure instrument for the spread of nonviolence in place of the awful violence now ruling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/if-god-holds-me-to-be-a-pure-instrument-for-the-spread-of-nonviolence/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/865/mahatma-gandhi-23_awful_if-god-holds-me-to-be-a-pure-instrument_1852708.jpg) > [We are merely instruments of the Almighty's will and therefore ignorant of what helps us forward and what acts as an impediment.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/we-are-merely-instruments-of-the-almighty-s-will-and-therefore/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/181/mahatma-gandhi-23_almighty_we-are-merely-instruments-of-the-almight_354285.jpg) > [Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action. . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/prayer-is-not-an-old-woman-s-idle-amusement-properly-understood-and/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dea/mahatma-gandhi-23_action_prayer-is-not-an-old-woman-s-idle-amusem_1842408.jpg) > [Rama Nama should come from the heart. In that event, Rama Nama could become an effective remedy against all ailments. A man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/rama-nama-should-come-from-the-heart-in-that-event-rama-nama-could/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb0/mahatma-gandhi-23_age_rama-nama-should-come-from-the-heart-in_3141087.jpg) ## Other authors on Instruments ## 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/instruments/mahatma-gandhi/#itemlist", "name": "13 Instruments Quotes By Mahatma Gandhi", 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