An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi
- Life
- 1869-1948
- Occupations
- politician, barrister, political writer
- Notable works
- satyagraha
Facts: Wikidata (CC0), as of 2026-07-09
The two most famous lines on this page are both provenance problems: 'Be the change you wish to see in the world' appears nowhere in Gandhi's roughly one hundred volumes of collected works (his documented 1913 version is longer and less slogan-shaped), and 'An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind' has no located source in his writings either. Both survive because they compress what he genuinely argued at length. Few historical figures are better documented -- which is exactly how researchers can say the slogans are not there.
He who is free from hatred needs no sword.
Mahatma Gandhi
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Mahatma Gandhi
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
Mahatma Gandhi
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
Mahatma Gandhi