Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

A house can have integrity, just like a person.

Govern thy Life and Thoughts, as if the whole World were to see the one, and read the other.

Gandhi said 'One cannot do right in one area of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in another; Life is one indivisible whole.' This point of wisdom is profound. A commitment to excellence is not just reserved for a few select areas of your life - it must be reflected in everything you do. Your diet must reflect your commitment to excellence. Your physique must reflect your commitment to excellence. Your personal habits must reflect your commitment to excellence and your thoughts must reflect a commitment to excellence.

The true gentleman does not preach what he practices till he has practiced what he preaches.

Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.

I know but one code of morality for man whether acting singly or collectively. He who says I will be a rogue when I act in company with a hundred others, but an honest man when I act alone, will be believed in the former assertion, but not in the latter.

The more you talk about - and live by - your principles, the harder it will be for others to treat you in a morally ambiguous manner.

No one should pay attention to a man delivering a lecture or a sermon on his "philosophy of life" until we know exactly how he treats his wife, his children, his neighbors, his friends, his subordinates and his enemies.

It is a fair adornment of a man and a great convenience both to himself and to all those with whom he converses and deals, to act uprightly, uniformly, and consistently. The practice of piety frees a man from interior distraction and from irresolution in his mind, from duplicity or inconstancy in his character, and from confusion in his proceedings, and consequently securing for others freedom from deception and disappointment in their transactions with him.

The deeper we look into nature, the more we recognize that it is full of life, and the more profoundly we know that all life is a secret and that we are united with all life that is in nature.

Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking.

A good man's life is all of a piece.

We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose. We cannot afford to use methods of which we will be ashamed when we look back, when we say, '...we shouldn't have done that.'

Honesty is a very expensive gift, Don't expect it from cheap people.

Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?

Perhaps the most "spiritual" thing any of us can do is simply to look through our own eyes, see with eyes of wholeness, and act with integrity and kindness.

Nothing of character is really permanent but virtue and personal worth.

Let us have integrity and not write checks with our tongues which our conduct cannot cash.

To be great, be whole; Exclude nothing, exaggerate nothing that is not you. Be whole in everything. Put all you are Into the smallest thing you do. So, in each lake, the moon shines with splendor Because it blooms up above.

Our ancient experience confirms at every point that everything is linked together, everything is inseparable.

Whatever any one does or says, I must be good; just as if the emerald were always saying this: "Whatever any one does or says, I must still be emerald, and keep my color.

Virtue is like health: the harmony of the whole man.

Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life.

Let us strive for personal, practical integrity in every endeavor, regardless of how mundane or inconsequential it may seem.

In the end you should always do the right thing even if it's hard.