Mahatma Gandhi Thoughts on Peace

Honored in India as the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi was a man of ethics, values, and firm discipline. He had great thoughts on Life, Truth, Love, Peace, Education, Success and many more which inspires people worldwide even today. In this blog, we have consolidated “Mahatma Gandhi Thoughts on Peace”. Happy Reading…!!

• I am a man of peace.  I believe in peace.  But I do not want peace at any price.
• Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it.
• A “NO” uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a “YES” merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
• The weak can never forgive.  Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
• They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give to them.
• A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
• Concession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer.  I feel stronger for confession.
• Each one has to find his peace from within.  And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.
• If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with children.
• Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.
• Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a rudderless ship, bound to break to pieces on coming in contact with the very first rock.
• Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.
• Our life is a long arduous quest after truth and the soul requires inward restfulness to attain its full height.
• Peace cannot be built on exclusivism, absolutism, and intolerance.  But neither can it be built on vague liberal slogans and pious programs gestated in the smoke of confabulation.
• The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-co-operation with everything humiliating.
• The golden rule of conduct is mutual toleration, seeing that we will never all think alike and we shall always see Truth in fragment and from different points of vision.
• The greater the realization of truth and ahimsa, the greater the illumination.
• The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall.  He frees himself and shows the way to others.  Freedom and slavery are mental states.
• To answer brutality with brutality is to admit one’s moral and intellectual bankruptcy and it can only start a vicious cycle.
• Tolerance is the only thing that will enable persons belonging to different religions to live as good neighbors and friends.
• Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary.
• When you allow your ego to control your thoughts, everything you believe becomes an illusion.
• You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

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