Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

Our true nationality is mankind.

That all men are equal is a proposition to which at ordinary times, no sane individual has ever given his assent.

But we Americans are as other men, exactly. Of one blood, one species, one brain, one figure, one fundamental set of collective instincts, one solitary body of information, one everything. Superiority and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

The English are certainly very jealous of foreigners, and so … are the rest of mankind.

Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.

No one has yet been found resolute enough in dogmatizing to deny that Nature made man equal; that society has destroyed this equality is a truth not more incontrovertible.

I would like somebody to be hated more than I am.

Notwithstanding the varieties of the human form, there is but one and the same species of man throughout the whole earth.

It is the apparent plan of nature that as one human being, so also one generation, and also one nationality learn, learn incessantly, from and with the others, until all have comprehended the difficult lesson: No nationality has been solely designated by God as the chosen people of the earth; above all we must seek the truth and cultivate the garden of the common good. Hence no nationality of Europe may separate itself sharply, and foolishly say, "With us alone, with us dwells all wisdom.

Equality lies only in human moral dignity.

Individuals possess varying predispositions to put up with differing people, ideas, and behaviors.

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning.

People used to say I'm regional, but I'm not... We all have the same human condition.

By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.

I care about helping to address these problems of social cohesion and understanding what economic problems people think exist.

When one travels around the world, one notices to what an extraordinary degree human nature is the same, whether in India or America, in Europe or Australia.

I'm trying to get Americans to see that we're all pretty much the same. I believe it; I was taught God doesn't have a color. I want to better the planet a little bit.

We all have the same core emotions of love, jealousy, rage - it's just how they're expressed.

There are a mix of good and bad people everywhere, be it Punjab, Delhi or Haryana.

While it is true that all individuals are equal under the law, this hardly implies that they are created equal.

Having more than one legal system running is not a sign of a healthy or inclusive society. It is just one less thing that people have in common.

The world has only one border. It is called humanity. The differences between us are small compared to our shared humanity. Put humans first.

I think that our language, culture, age, fortune, property, and our fame is all a facade. In the end, we're all the same.

I think that we're more united than the media would care to admit. We're not as divided as the perception would relay - not in the United States, not anywhere, really, in the world.

If we lived in a State where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us good, and greed would make us saintly. And we'd live like animals or angels in the happy land that /needs/ no heroes. But since in fact we see that avarice, anger, envy, pride, sloth, lust and stupidity commonly profit far beyond humility, chastity, fortitude, justice and thought, and have to choose, to be human at all... why then perhaps we /must/ stand fast a little --even at the risk of being heroes.