Famous Quotes

"Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment."

Mahatma Gandhi on Society

More quotes about Society

• "You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."

  Mahatma Gandhi on Society

• "An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life."

  Robert A. Heinlein on Society

• "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society."

  Jiddu Krishnamurti on Society

• "A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."

  Dwight D. Eisenhower on Society

• "There is more to life than increasing its speed."

  Mahatma Gandhi on Society

More quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

• "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."

• "Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent."

• "Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts."

• "Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding."

• "Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep."