Mahatma Gandhi Quotes About Lying
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Priorities lie in your actions
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The foundation of service and your real training lie in spinning khaddar.
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Man's happiness really lies in contentment.
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The way to truth lies through ahimsa (nonviolence).
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You may have occasion to possess or use material things, but the secret of life lies in never missing them.
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True art takes note not merely of form but also of what lies behind.
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True beauty lies in purity of the heart.
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.
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The singular secret of khaddar lies in its saleability in the place of its production and use by the manufacturers themselves.
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The principle of ahimsa is hurt by every evil thought, by undue haste, by lying, by hatred, by wishing ill to anybody.
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The real test of nonviolence lies in its being brought in contact with those who have contempt for it.
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Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.
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The newspaperman has become a walking plague. He spreads the contagion of lies and calumnies.
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Real suffering bravely borne, melts even a heart of stone. Such is the potency of suffering. And there lies the key to Satyagraha.
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A satyagrahi turns the searchlight inward relentlessly to weed out all the defects that may be lying hidden there still.
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It is easier to bridge the oceans that lie between continents than it is to bridge the gap between individuals or the peoples.
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Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.
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In man, reason quickens and guides feelings; in brute, the soul lies ever dormant.
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Golden fetters are no less galling to a self-respecting man that iron ones; the sting lies in the fetters, not in the metal.
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Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.
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It is not given to man to know the whole Truth. His duty lies in living up to the truth as he sees it, and in doing so, to resort to the purest means, i.e., to non-violence. God alone knows absolute truth. Therefore, I have often said, Truth is God. It follows that man, a finite being, cannot know absolute truth. Nobody in this world possesses absolute truth. This is God's attribute alone. Relative truth is all we know. Therefore, we can only follow the truth as we see it. Such pursuit of truth cannot lead anyone astray.
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My quarrel with the advocates of contraceptives lies in their taking for granted that ordinary mortals cannot exercise self-control.
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Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.
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The greatness of a person lies in his heart, not in his head; that is intellect.
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Non-cooperation is directed not against men but against measures. It is not directed against the Governors, but against the system they administer. The roots of non-cooperation lies not in hatred but in justice if not in love.
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Whenever you have truth it must be given with love, or the message and the messenger will be rejected.
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To forgive is not to forget. The merit lies in loving in spite of the vivid knowledge that one that must be loved is not a friend. There is not merit in loving an enemy when you forget him for a friend.
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The goal ever recedes from us. The greater the progress the greater the recognition of our unworthiness. Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.
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Virtue lies in being absorbed in one's prayers in the presence of din and noise.
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Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself
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Mahatma Gandhi
- Born: October 2, 1869
- Died: January 30, 1948
- Occupation: Civil rights leader
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