“Where is there a wretch So wicked and loathsome as I? I have forsaken my Maker, So faithless have I been.”
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Probable attribution
This saying is widely associated with Mahatma Gandhi, but the attribution is not supported by a reliable primary source.
Likely origin: Appears in An Autobiography (The Story of My Experiments with Truth); reads as a penitential devotional verse Gandhi recites rather than an original saying of his own.
About this quote
The lines are an act of unflinching self-examination — naming one's own failings instead of excusing them. That honesty stings, but it's where change begins: you can only mend what you're willing to admit, and humility clears the way.
When to use it
- Admitting to yourself that a habit has quietly slipped before trying to rebuild it.
- Owning your share of a broken friendship instead of pinning it all on the other person.
- Writing down where you fell short this week as the first step toward doing better.