Published By: Sayan Paul

22 quotes by Mahatma Gandhi that will change your perspective about life

If you're struggling to find peace in your life, these quotes by the great Mahatma Gandhi might help you.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, best known as Mahatma Gandhi is regarded as one of the most influential personalities ever in India as well as the whole world. He played a leading role in India's independence movement and inspired thousands of people to stand together against the British rule. He is mostly known for his great leadership, strong wisdom, humble nature and his idea of non-violent resistance is still relevant in today's world.

Here are some quotes by him that will change the way you approach life.

    1. "You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
    2. "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
    3. "The future depends on what you do today. Without actions, you aren't going anywhere."
    4. "Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment."
    5. "Our greatest ability as humans is not to change the world, but to change ourselves."
    6. "A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes."
    7. "I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet."
    8. "You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body. But you will never imprison my mind."
    9. "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."
    10. "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."
    11. "True beauty consists of purity of heart."
    12. "Hate the sin, love the sinner."
    13. "A coward is incapable of exhibiting love, it is the prerogative of the brave."
    14. "The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace."
    15. "What barrier is there that love cannot break?"
    16. "Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion."
    17. "There is force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous result."
    18. "You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results."
    19. "There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent."
    20. "Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances."
    21. "If I had no sense of humour, I would long ago have committed suicide."
  1. "When there is love, there is life."
Mahatma Gandhi was a man of great philosophy. He is considered as "Father of the Nation" in India.