"Morality is the basis of things and..." - Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.
More by Mahatma Gandhi
“Truth (satya) is positive, nonviolence is negative.”
“This earthly existence of ours is more brittle that the glass bangles that ladies wear.”
“We are constantly being astonished these days at the amazing discoveries in the field of violence. But I maintain that far more undreamt of and seemingly impossible discoveries will be made in the field of nonviolence.”
More on Morality
“Moral virtue is a mean . . . between two vices, one of excess and the other of defect; . . . it is such a mean because it aims at hitting the middle point in feelings and in actions. This is why it is a hard task to be good, for it is hard to find the middle point in anything.”
“An autocratic system of coercion, in my opinion, soon degenerates. For force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable rule that tyrants of genius are succeeded by scoundrels. For this reason I have always been passionately opposed to systems such as we see in Italy and Russia to-day.”
“If nature does not ratify law, then all the virtues may lose their sway.”