Mahatma Gandhi Quotes About Truth
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Abstract truth has no value unless it incarnates in human beings who represent it, by proving their readiness to die for it.
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Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth and the soul requires inward restfulness to attain its full height.
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There is no god higher than truth.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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There is nothing on earth that I would not give up, excepting of course, two things and two things only, truth and nonviolence.
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My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.
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Even as wisdom often comes from the mouths of babes, so does it often come from the mouths of old people. The golden rule is to test everything in the light of reason and experience, no matter from where it comes.
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Silence is a great help to a seeker after truth like myself.
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I worship God as Truth only. I have not yet found Him, but I am seeking after Him. I am prepared to sacrifice the things dearest to me in pursuit of this quest. Even if the sacrifice demanded my very life, I hope I may be prepared to give it.
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Where there is truth, there also is knowledge which is true.
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It is an ever-growing belief with me that truth cannot be found by violent means.
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Truth is the first thing to be sought for, and Beauty and Goodness will then be added unto you.
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Truth to me is infinitely dearer than the 'mahatmaship' which is purely a burden.
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My commitment is to truth not consistency.
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The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me. And even though I have to face the prospect of being a minority of one, I humbly believe I have the courage to be in such a hopeless minority.
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A man of faith will remain steadfast to truth even though the whole world might appear to be enveloped in falsehood.
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The way of peace is the way of truth. Truthfulness is even more important than peacefulness.
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The finite human being shall never know in its fullness Truth and Love which is itself infinite.
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Truth and non-violence are not cloistered virtues but applicable as much in the forum and the legislatures as in the market place.
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Your character must be above suspicion and you must be truthful and self-controlled.
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Truth quenches untruth, love quenches anger, self-suffering quenches violence. This eternal rule is a rule not for saints only but for all.
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Truth and untruth often co-exist; good and evil often are found together
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Truthful movements spontaneously attract to themselves all manner of pure and disinterested help.
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Truth is not truth merely because it is ancient. Nor is truth necessarily to be regarded with suspicion because it is ancient.
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Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realizing Him.
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All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.
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The instruments for the quest for Truth are as simple as they are difficult.
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Openness of mind strengthens the truth in us and removes the dross from it, if there is any.
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Let hundreds like me perish, but let truth triumph.
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Truth is self-evident, nonviolence is its maturest fruit. It is contained in truth, but is not self-evident.
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Mahatma Gandhi
- Born: October 2, 1869
- Died: January 30, 1948
- Occupation: Civil rights leader
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