--- title: "14 Pursuit Quotes By Mahatma Gandhi" description: "14 Pursuit quotes by Mahatma Gandhi. Plus more from Mahatma Gandhi and more Pursuit sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/mahatma-gandhi-23_opponent_the-pursuit-of-truth-does-not-permit-vio_2289998.jpg" --- > [The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/the-pursuit-of-truth-does-not-permit-violence-on-one-s-opponent/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/mahatma-gandhi-23_opponent_the-pursuit-of-truth-does-not-permit-vio_2289998.jpg) > [If I were asked to define the Hindu creed, I should simply say: search after Truth through non-violent means. Hinduism is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/if-i-were-asked-to-define-the-hindu-creed-i-should-simply-say-search-2/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/030/mahatma-gandhi-23_believe_if-i-were-asked-to-define-the-hindu-cree_2651422.jpg) > [What has appealed to me most in Tolstoy's life is that he practiced what he preached and reckoned no cost too great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/what-has-appealed-to-me-most-in-tolstoy-s-life-is-that-he-practiced/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59e/mahatma-gandhi-23_cost_what-has-appealed-to-me-most-in-tolstoy_3147779.jpg) > [I know of no system other than Hinduism under which a class has been set apart from generation to generation for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/i-know-of-no-system-other-than-hinduism-under-which-a-class-has-been/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/921/mahatma-gandhi-23_class_i-know-of-no-system-other-than-hinduism_2565517.jpg) > [Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/man-falls-from-the-pursuit-of-the-ideal-of-plan-living-and-high/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5e/mahatma-gandhi-23_contentment_man-falls-from-the-pursuit-of-the-ideal_2784327.jpg) > [Truth and nonviolence are both the means and the end, and given the right type of men, the legislatures can be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/truth-and-nonviolence-are-both-the-means-and-the-end-and-given-the/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efa/mahatma-gandhi-23_achieve_truth-and-nonviolence-are-both-the-means_1090467.jpg) > [I am not at all concerned with appearing to be consistent. In my pursuit after Truth I have discarded many ideas and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/i-am-not-at-all-concerned-with-appearing-to-be-consistent-in-my/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/553/mahatma-gandhi-23_appearing_i-am-not-at-all-concerned-with-appearing_1020251.jpg) > [I worship God as Truth only. I have not yet found Him, but I am seeking after Him. I am prepared to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/i-worship-god-as-truth-only-i-have-not-yet-found-him-but-i-am-seeking-2/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af3/mahatma-gandhi-23_be-prepared_i-worship-god-as-truth-only-i-have-not-y_2634274.jpg) > [There is no "playing with truth" in the Charkha programme, for satyagraha is not predominantly civil disobedience but a quiet and irresistible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/there-is-no-playing-with-truth-in-the-charkha-programme-for/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e4/mahatma-gandhi-23_civil-disobedience_there-is-no-playing-with-truth-in-the-ch_2074240.jpg) > [If I were asked to define the Hindu creed, I should simply say: Search after truth through non-violent means. A man may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/if-i-were-asked-to-define-the-hindu-creed-i-should-simply-say-search/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/569/mahatma-gandhi-23_believe_if-i-were-asked-to-define-the-hindu-cree_139518.jpg) > [Hinduism is a relentless pursuit of Truth. "Truth is God" and if today it has become moribund, inactive, irresponsive to growth, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/hinduism-is-a-relentless-pursuit-of-truth-truth-is-god-and-if-today/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caf/mahatma-gandhi-23_brilliance_hinduism-is-a-relentless-pursuit-of-trut_2370497.jpg) > [In the application of Satyagraha, I discovered, in the earliest stages, that pursuit of Truth did not admit of violence being inflicted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/in-the-application-of-satyagraha-i-discovered-in-the-earliest-stages/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acb/mahatma-gandhi-23_application_in-the-application-of-satyagraha-i-disco_1301772.jpg) > [It is not given to man to know the whole Truth. His duty lies in living up to the truth as he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/it-is-not-given-to-man-to-know-the-whole-truth-his-duty-lies-in/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/104/mahatma-gandhi-23_absolute-truth_it-is-not-given-to-man-to-know-the-whole_2813997.jpg) > [Nobody in this world possesses absolute truth. This is God's attribute alone. Relative truth is all we know. Therefore, we can only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/nobody-in-this-world-possesses-absolute-truth-this-is-god-s-attribute/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b1/mahatma-gandhi-23_absolute-truth_nobody-in-this-world-possesses-absolute_2942190.jpg) ## Other authors on Pursuit - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/thomas-jefferson/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 17 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ayn-rand-15943.jpg) Ayn Rand 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/ayn-rand/) - [Samuel Johnson 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/samuel-johnson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-leo-tolstoy-55.jpg) Leo Tolstoy 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/leo-tolstoy/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-dickens-22226.jpg) Charles Dickens 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/charles-dickens/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-plato-75782.jpg) Plato 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/plato/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jerry-bridges-49058.jpg) Jerry Bridges 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/jerry-bridges/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/albert-einstein/) ## 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/pursuit/mahatma-gandhi/#itemlist", "name": "14 Pursuit Quotes By Mahatma Gandhi", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mahatma Gandhi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/the-pursuit-of-truth-does-not-permit-violence-on-one-s-opponent/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/mahatma-gandhi-23_opponent_the-pursuit-of-truth-does-not-permit-vio_2289998.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/mahatma-gandhi-23_opponent_the-pursuit-of-truth-does-not-permit-vio_2289998.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/mahatma-gandhi-23_opponent_the-pursuit-of-truth-does-not-permit-vio_2289998.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.” — Mahatma Gandhi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I were asked to define the Hindu creed, I should simply say: search after Truth through non-violent means. 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