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MOHANDAS GANDHI

GREAT POLITICAL AND SPIRITUAL LEADER OF INDIA AND THE INDIAN INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT, BORN IN 1869 IN PORBANDAR, INDIA.

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EACH EDITION OF THE GITA ON A BOOKCASE DOES NOT HAVE THE HOLINESS I ATTRIBUTE TO IT. LOGIC TELLS ME THAT THERE IS NO MORE HOLINESS IN MY COPY THAN IN ANY OTHER. HOLINESS IS IN MY IMAGINATION. BUT THIS IMAGINATION BRINGS WONDERFUL CONCRETE RESULTS. IT CHANGES PEOPLE’S LIVES.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

EXPERIENCE HAS TAUGHT ME THAT SILENCE IS PART OF THE SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE OF A TRUTH PRACTITIONER. THE PREDISPOSITION TO EXAGGERATE, SUPPRESS OR MODIFY THE TRUTH, KNOWINGLY OR UNKNOWINGLY, IS A NATURAL WEAKNESS OF MAN AND SILENCE IS NECESSARY TO OVERCOME IT.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I BELIEVE THAT, WHETHER WE ADMIT IT OR NOT, WE ARE ALL IDOL WORSHIPPERS OR IDOLATERS, IF THE DISTINCTION I HAVE MADE IS NOT ALLOWED. A BOOK, A BUILDING, AN IMAGE, A SCULPTURE ARE CERTAINLY IMAGES IN WHICH GOD RESIDES, BUT THEY ARE NOT GOD. THE ONE WHO SAYS THEY’RE WRONG.

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TO CALL THE WOMAN THE WEAKER SEX IS A LIBEL; IT IS THE INJUSTICE OF THE MAN TO THE WOMAN. IF BY FORCE WE MEAN BRUTE FORCE, THEN WOMEN ARE LESS BRUTE THAN MEN. IF BY FORCE WE MEAN MORAL POWER, THEN WOMEN ARE INFINITELY SUPERIOR TO MEN. DOESN’T SHE HAVE A GREATER INTUITION, ISN’T SHE MORE SACRIFICED, DOESN’T SHE HAVE GREATER ENDURANCE CAPACITIES, DOESN’T SHE HAVE MORE COURAGE? WITHOUT IT, MAN COULD NOT BE. IF NON

MOHANDAS GANDHI

CONFESSION OF MISTAKES IS LIKE A BROOM THAT SWEEPS AWAY DIRT AND LEAVES THE SURFACE CLEANER THAN BEFORE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE GITA IS THE UNIVERSAL MOTHER. SHE’S NOT HIJACKING ANYONE. ITS DOOR IS WIDE OPEN TO ANYONE WHO KNOCKS. A REAL GITA VOTER DOESN’T KNOW WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT IT IS…

MOHANDAS GANDHI

A PROPER CONFESSION, COMBINED WITH A PROMISE NEVER TO COMMIT SIN AGAIN, WHEN OFFERED TO A PERSON WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE IT, IS THE PUREST FORM OF REPENTANCE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

WHEN DISAPPOINTMENT LOOKS AT THE FACE AND ALONE I DON’T SEE A RAY OF LIGHT, I GO BACK TO THE BHAGAVAD GITA. I FIND A VERSE HERE AND A VERSE, AND I IMMEDIATELY START SMILING IN THE MIDST OF OVERWHELMING TRAGEDIES

MOHANDAS GANDHI

AT THE MOMENT WHEN WE REPENT AND ASK GOD FOR FORGIVENESS FOR OUR FORGETTING, WE ARE PURGED OF OUR SIN AND A NEW LIFE BEGINS FOR US. TRUE REPENTANCE IS AN ESSENTIAL PREREQUISITE FOR PRAYER.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

DON’T BE AFRAID. HE WHO FEARS HATES; HE WHO HATES KILLS. BREAK YOUR SWORD AND THROW IT AWAY. THEN FEAR WILL NOT TOUCH YOU. I WAS DELIVERED FROM FEAR AND DESIRE IN SUCH A WAY THAT I KNOW THE POWER OF GOD.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

WE HAVE BOTH GOOD AND BAD DESIRES WITHIN US. IT IS OUR DUTY TO CULTIVATE THE FORMER AND TO REMOVE OR ERADICATE THE LATTER.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE SINCERE AND PURE DESIRE OF THE HEART IS ALWAYS FULFILLED.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

EVERYONE AGES WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME, DESIRE ALONE REMAINS ALWAYS YOUNG.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

DESIRE IS OF ALL KINDS

MOHANDAS GANDHI

HINDUISM BELIEVES IN THE UNIQUENESS NOT JUST OF ALL HUMAN LIFE, BUT IN THE UNITY OF ALL LIVING THINGS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

JUST AS THE NATURE OF WATER MUST FLOW DOWN, VICE DRAGS MAN DOWN AND IS THEREFORE UNDOUBTEDLY EASY. VIRTUE RAISES A MAN AND THEREFORE SEEMS RATHER DIFFICULT.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE CONQUEST OF ANGER DOES NOT MEAN THAT, ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT OBVIOUSLY EXTERNAL, THE HEART IS FULL OF IT. DELIBERATELY THROWING AWAY ANGER, THE ROOT AND THE BRANCH IS A REAL CONQUEST.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IDOLATRY IS BAD, NOT SO MUCH THE WORSHIP OF IDOLS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

AN IDOLATER MAKES A FETISH OUT OF HIS IDOL. AN IDOL WORSHIPPER SEES GOD EVEN IN A STONE AND THEREFORE TAKES THE HELP OF AN IDOL TO ESTABLISH HIS UNION WITH GOD.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

EVERY HINDU CHILD KNOWS THAT THE STONE OF THE FAMOUS TEMPLE OF BENARES IS NOT KASHI VISHWANATH. BUT HE BELIEVES THAT THE LORD OF THE UNIVERSE RESIDES PARTICULARLY IN THIS STONE. THIS GAME OF IMAGINATION IS PERMITTED AND HEALTHY.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

LIFE IS GREATER THAN ANY ART. I WOULD GO EVEN FURTHER BY STATING THAT THE MAN WHOSE LIFE IS CLOSEST TO PERFECTION IS THE GREATEST ARTIST; FOR WHAT IS ART WITHOUT THE SURE FOUNDATION AND FRAMEWORK OF A NOBLE LIFE?

MOHANDAS GANDHI

WHAT JOY IT WOULD BE WHEN PEOPLE REALIZE THAT RELIGION DOES NOT CONSIST IN EXTERNAL CEREMONIAL BUT AN EVER

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN ALL BECOME MESSENGERS OF GOD IF WE STOP FEARING MAN AND SEEK ONLY THE TRUTH OF GOD. I BELIEVE THAT I ONLY SEEK THE TRUTH OF GOD AND THAT I HAVE LOST ALL FEAR OF MAN… I HAVE NO SPECIAL REVELATION OF GOD’S WILL. MY FIRM CONVICTION IS THAT HE REVEALS HIMSELF EVERY DAY TO EVERY HUMAN BEING, BUT WE CLOSE OUR EARS TO THE “STILL SMALL VOICE”. SOME OF MY PEN PALS SEEM TO THINK I CAN DO WONDERS. LET ME SAY AS A DEVOTEE OF THE TRUTH THAT I DO NOT HAVE SUCH GIFTS. EVERYTHING I CAN GET COMES FROM GOD. BUT HE DOESN’T WORK DIRECTLY. HE WORKS THROUGH HIS COUNTLESS AGENCIES.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IT IS MUCH EASIER TO CONQUER OTHERS THAN TO CONQUER ONESELF, BECAUSE THE FORMER CAN BE REACHED BY EXTERNAL MEANS, WHILE THE LATTER CAN ONLY BE REACHED BY ONE’S OWN MIND.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

LITERACY MUST BE ONE OF THE MANY MEANS OF INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE HAVE HAD ILLITERATE INTELLECTUAL GIANTS IN THE PAST.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I CAN SAY WITHOUT HESITATION, AND YET IN ALL HUMILITY, THAT THOSE WHO SAY THAT RELIGION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH POLITICS DO NOT KNOW WHAT RELIGION MEANS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE WORD SATYA (TRUTH) IS DERIVED FROM SAT WHICH MEANS “TO BE”. NOTHING IS OR EXISTS IN REALITY, EXCEPT THE TRUTH. THIS IS WHY SAT (TRUTH) IS PERHAPS GOD’S MOST IMPORTANT NAME. THINKING MORE DEEPLY, WE WILL REALIZE THAT SAT IS THE ONLY CORRECT AND FULLY MEANINGFUL FACTUAL NAME FOR GOD.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

HE ALONE CAN MAKE A GREAT RESOLUTION THAT HAS AN INDOMITABLE FAITH IN GOD AND IS AFRAID OF GOD.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

TO GIVE PLEASURE TO ONE HEART THROUGH ONE ACT IS BETTER THAN A THOUSAND HEADS BENDING IN PRAYER.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

AND WHERE THERE IS TRUTH, THERE IS ALSO KNOWLEDGE THAT IS TRUE. WHERE THERE IS NO TRUTH, THERE CAN BE NO TRUE KNOWLEDGE. THAT IS WHY THE WORD CHIT (KNOWLEDGE) IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NAME OF GOD. AND WHERE THERE IS REAL KNOWLEDGE, THERE IS ALWAYS HAPPINESS (ANANDA). DEVOTION TO THIS TRUTH IS THE ONLY JUSTIFICATION FOR OUR EXISTENCE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE FRIENDSHIP THAT INSISTS ON AGREEMENT ON ALL ISSUES IS NOT WORTH THE NAME. FRIENDSHIP TO BE REAL MUST ALWAYS BEAR THE WEIGHT OF HONEST DIFFERENCE, NO MATTER HOW INTENSE IT MAY BE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

GOD HAS NO RELIGION.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

ALL OUR ACTIVITIES MUST BE FOCUSED ON THE TRUTH. GENERALLY SPEAKING, OBSERVANCE OF THE LAW OF TRUTH IS UNDERSTOOD SIMPLY AS MEANING THAT WE MUST SPEAK THE TRUTH. BUT THERE MUST BE TRUTH IN THOUGHT, TRUTH IN SPEECH AND TRUTH IN ACTION. FOR THE MAN WHO HAS REALIZED THIS TRUTH IN ITS FULLNESS, NOTHING REMAINS TO BE KNOWN, BECAUSE ALL THE NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE IS INCLUDED.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

PRAYER IS NOT AN IDLE AMUSEMENT OF AN OLD WOMAN. WELL UNDERSTOOD AND APPLIED, IT IS THE MOST POWERFUL INSTRUMENT OF ACTION.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

WHEN THE MIND HAS BEEN COMPLETELY CLEANSED, THE BODY WILL BE FINE. THERE IS A SAYING THAT IF THE MIND IS PURE THE GANGA FLOWS TO YOUR DOOR. IN OTHER WORDS, IF THE MIND IS STABLE AND SATTVIC, THE BODY MUST BECOME SO.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE TRUTH SHOULD BE THE VERY BREATH OF OUR LIVES. ONCE THIS STAGE OF THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS IS REACHED, ALL THE OTHER RULES OF CORRECT LIVING WILL COME EFFORTLESSLY, AND THEIR OBEDIENCE WILL BE INSTINCTIVE. WITHOUT TRUTH, HOWEVER, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO OBSERVE PRINCIPLES OR RULES IN LIFE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

OLD AS I AM IN AGE, I DO NOT FEEL THAT I HAVE STOPPED GROWING INTERNALLY OR THAT MY GROWTH WILL STOP WHEN MY FLESH DISSOLVES.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

CONSCIOUSLY OR UNCONSCIOUSLY, EACH OF US DOES ONE THING OR ANOTHER. IF WE CULTIVATE THE HABIT OF DOING THIS SERVICE DELIBERATELY, OUR DESIRE FOR SERVICE WILL BECOME STRONGER AND STRONGER, AND THIS WILL CONTRIBUTE NOT ONLY TO OUR OWN HAPPINESS, BUT TO THAT OF THE WHOLE WORLD.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE SEEKER AFTER THE TRUTH SHOULD BE MORE HUMBLE THAN DUST.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I REALIZE EVERY DAY THAT THE SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH IS IN VAIN UNLESS IT IS BASED ON LOVE. TO HURT A SINGLE HUMAN BEING IS TO HURT THOSE DIVINE POWERS WITHIN US, AND EVIL DOES NOT ONLY AFFECT THAT HUMAN BEING BUT WITH HIM THE WHOLE WORLD.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE PRESENT MEANS OUR DUTY FOR THE MOMENT. IF WE PUT ALL OUR EFFORTS INTO DOING OUR DUTY, AS WE KNOW AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE MADE THE GREATEST HUMAN EFFORT. GRIEF IS BORN FROM THE DREAM OF THE FUTURE AND THE PAST. THUS, THE ONE WHO CARES ABOUT THE PRESENT AND DOES HIS DUTY HAS NEITHER BIRTH NOR DEATH.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE WORLD CRUSHES THE DUST UNDER ITS FEET, BUT THE SEEKER AFTER THE TRUTH SHOULD HUMILIATE HIMSELF SO THAT EVEN THE DUST COULD CRUSH HIM. ONLY THEN, AND NOT BEFORE, WILL HE GET A GLIMPSE OF THE TRUTH.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

WE MUST BE THE CHANGE WE WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IN THE ATTITUDE OF SILENCE, THE SOUL FINDS THE WAY IN A CLEARER LIGHT, AND WHAT IS ELUSIVE AND MISLEADING IS RESOLVED IN CRYSTALLINE CLARITY.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE INSTRUMENTS FOR THE SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH ARE AS SIMPLE AS THEY ARE DIFFICULT. THEY MAY SEEM QUITE IMPOSSIBLE TO AN ARROGANT PERSON AND QUITE POSSIBLE TO AN INNOCENT CHILD.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

LET US FEAR GOD AND STOP FEARING MAN.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

SILENCE OF SEWN LIPS IS NOT SILENCE. THE SAME RESULT CAN BE ACHIEVED BY CUTTING OFF THE TONGUE, BUT IT IS NOT SILENCE EITHER. HE IS SILENT, WHO, HAVING THE ABILITY TO SPEAK, SAYS NOTHING.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE DEEPER THE SEARCH IN THE TRUTH MINE, THE RICHER THE DISCOVERY OF GEMS IS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

WHEN ONE IS FREE TO ATTACH ONESELF TO WEALTH, REPUTATION, FAMILY, BODY AND SURRENDER TO GOD, FEARLESSNESS WILL COME OF ITSELF.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

AS LONG AS THE MIND HAS NOT CHANGED, THE FORM CAN BE CHANGED. FORM IS ONLY AN EXPRESSION OF THE INNER SPIRIT. WE CAN SUCCEED IN APPARENTLY MODIFYING THE FORM, BUT THE ALTERATION WILL ONLY BE A SIMPLE HYPOTHESIS IF THE INNER SPIRIT REMAINS UNALTERABLE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

EVERYTHING THAT APPEARS AND HAPPENS AROUND AND AROUND IS UNCERTAIN, TRANSIENT. BUT THERE IS A HIDDEN SUPREME BEING AS A CERTAINTY.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE ONLY FEAR ALLOWED IS FEAR OF GOD AND FEAR OF DOING EVIL AND THAT IS REALLY FEAR.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IN THE MARCH TOWARDS THE TRUTH, ANGER, SELFISHNESS, HATRED, NATURALLY GIVE WAY, BECAUSE OTHERWISE THE TRUTH WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO OBTAIN. A MAN WHO IS INFLUENCED BY NEGATIVE EMOTIONS MAY HAVE GOOD INTENTIONS, MAY BE TRUTHFUL IN HIS WORDS, BUT HE WILL NEVER FIND THE TRUTH.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

LOVE AND EXCLUSIVE POSSESSION CAN NEVER GO TOGETHER.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

BOLDNESS IS ESSENTIAL TO THE ACQUISITION OF ALL OTHER NOBLE QUALITIES. TRUTH, LOVE AND AHIMSA WILL BE ABSENT WITHOUT FEARLESSNESS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I HAVE NOTHING NEW TO REACH THE WORLD. TRUTH AND NON

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WHILE ADMITTING THAT MAN REALLY LIVES BY HABIT, I BELIEVE THAT IT IS BETTER TO LIVE BY THE EXERCISE OF HIS WILL.

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FEAR IS POSSESSED MORE OFTEN BY THE SO

MOHANDAS GANDHI

FROM BITTER EXPERIENCE, I LEARNED THE SUPREME LESSON: TO KEEP MY ANGER AND, AS THE STORED HEAT IS TRANSMUTED INTO ENERGY, OUR ANGER CAN BE TRANSFORMED INTO A POWER CAPABLE OF MOVING THE WORLD.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IT IS ONLY BECAUSE WE TRY TO MAINTAIN THE PERMANENT CHARACTER WITH THE IMPERMANENT ASPECTS OF RELIGIOUS TEACHINGS THAT THERE ARE SO MANY DISTORTIONS IN RELIGIOUS PRACTICE TODAY.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

GOD AS TRUTH HAS BEEN FOR ME A MEASURE BEYOND PRICE; MAY IT BE SO FOR EACH OF US.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

JOY LIES IN THE STRUGGLE, IN THE ATTEMPT, IN THE SUFFERING INVOLVED, NOT IN THE VICTORY ITSELF.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

A MAN CAN ONLY EXERCISE PERFECT LOVE AND BE COMPLETELY DISPOSSESSED IF HE IS WILLING TO EMBRACE DEATH AND RENOUNCE HIS BODY FOR HUMAN SERVICE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

DEVOTION TO THE TRUTH IS THE ONLY JUSTIFICATION FOR OUR EXISTENCE. BUT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO ACHIEVE A PERFECT TRUTH AS LONG AS WE ARE IMPRISONED IN THIS MORTAL FRAMEWORK. WE CAN ONLY VISUALIZE IT IN OUR IMAGINATION. WE CANNOT, THROUGH THE INSTRUMENTALITY OF THIS EPHEMERAL BODY, SEE THE TRUTH FACE TO FACE, WHICH IS ETERNAL. THAT IS WHY, IN THE LAST RESORT, WE MUST RELY ON FAITH.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I CAN EASILY ENDURE THE NEGATION OF THE WORLD, BUT ANY DENIAL ON MY PART FROM GOD IS UNTHINKABLE. I KNOW THERE’S NOTHING I CAN DO. GOD CAN DO ANYTHING. O GOD, MAKE YOURSELF YOUR INSTRUMENT AND USE IT AS YOU WISH!

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE WHOLE TRUTH GOES THROUGH THREE STAGES. FIRST OF ALL, HE’S BEING RIDICULED. THEN HE IS VIOLENTLY OPPOSED. FINALLY, IT IS ACCEPTED AS A MATTER OF COURSE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURE OF MODERN CIVILIZATION IS AN INDEFINITE MULTIPLICITY OF HUMAN NEEDS. THE CHARACTERISTIC OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATION IS AN IMPERATIVE RESTRICTION AND STRICT REGULATION OF THESE NEEDS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THERE IS A MYSTERIOUS UNDEFINABLE POWER THAT PERMEATES EVERYTHING. I FEEL IT WELL THAT I DON’T SEE IT. IT IS THIS INVISIBLE POWER THAT MAKES ITSELF FELT AND DEFIES ALL EVIDENCE, BECAUSE IT IS SO DIFFERENT FROM EVERYTHING I PERCEIVE THROUGH MY SENSES.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I DIDN’T SEE HIM, I DIDN’T KNOW HIM EITHER. I HAVE MADE THE FAITH OF THE WORLD IN GOD AND SINCE MY FAITH IS INDELIBLE, I CONSIDER THIS FAITH AS AN EXPERIENCE. HOWEVER, AS CAN BE SAID, TO DESCRIBE FAITH, AS EXPERIENCE MUST TAMPER WITH TRUTH, IT MAY BE MORE ACCURATE TO SAY THAT I HAVE NO WORD TO DESCRIBE MY BELIEF IN GOD. HOWEVER, I AM MORE SURE OF ITS EXISTENCE THAN OF THE FACT THAT YOU AND I ARE SITTING IN THIS ROOM. THEN I CAN ALSO TESTIFY THAT I CAN LIVE WITHOUT AIR AND WATER, BUT NOT WITHOUT HIM. YOU CAN TEAR OUT MY EYES, BUT IT CAN’T KILL ME. YOU CAN CUT MY NOSE, BUT IT’S NOT GOING TO KILL ME. BUT BELIEVE MY FAITH IN GOD AND I’M DEAD.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE WEAK CAN NEVER FORGIVE. FORGIVENESS IS THE PREROGATIVE OF THE FORT.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

MAN AND HIS ACTIONS ARE TWO DISTINCT THINGS. WHILE IT IS APPROPRIATE TO APPROVE A GOOD DEED AND TO DISAPPROVE A BAD ONE, IT IS ALWAYS NECESSARY, AS THE CASE MAY BE, TO RESPECT OR PITY THE PERPETRATOR OF THAT DEED. “YOU MUST HATE SIN BUT NOT THE SINNER.” THIS IS A PRECEPT THAT IS QUITE EASY TO UNDERSTAND BUT DIFFICULT TO PUT INTO PRACTICE. THAT IS WHY HATRED SPREADS ITS POISON THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. AHIMSâ IS THE FOUNDATION OF THIS RESEARCH.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

CLEMENCY IS MUCH MORE NOBLE THAN PUNISHMENT. FORGIVENESS IS THE WARRIOR’S ADORNMENT. BUT THE ABSENCE OF VIOLENCE ONLY MEANS CLEMENCY IF THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF PUNISHMENT.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

AND WHAT VALUE COULD A TESTIMONY BEFORE A COURT, ABOUT CERTAIN EVENTS IN MY LIFE, HAVE THAT WOULD BE IMPARTIAL BUT THAT WOULD SIN BY OMISSION? IF HE WERE TO ENVY AN INQUISITIVE MIND TO SUBMIT ME TO A COUNTER

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YOU CAN’T BE REALLY NON

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I THINK THAT THIS MASTERFUL BOOK REVEALED TO ME WHAT MY DEEPEST CONVICTIONS WERE; THIS EXPLAINS MY ENTHUSIASM FOR THIS WORK, AND THE TRANSFORMATIONS IT BROUGHT TO MY LIFE. THE POET’S MISSION IS TO REVIVE THE GOOD THAT LIES DORMANT IN THE DEPTHS OF EACH MAN’S HEART; AND IF HIS INFLUENCE IS NOT THE SAME ON EACH OF US, IT IS BECAUSE EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON OUR DEGREE OF PERSONAL EVOLUTION

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE CONVERSION OF ONE PERSON BY ANOTHER. I MUST STRIVE NEVER TO UNDERMINE MY NEIGHBOUR’S FAITH; ON THE CONTRARY, I MUST ALLOW HIM TO DEEPEN HIS OWN. THIS ATTITUDE PRESUPPOSES THAT WE BELIEVE IN THE TRUTH OF ALL RELIGIONS AND THAT WE HAVE RESPECT FOR THEM. FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, IT IS NECESSARY TO BE TRULY HUMBLE AND TO ADMIT THE FACT THAT ALL RELIGIONS BENEFIT FROM DIVINE LIGHT BUT THROUGH THE SCREEN OF OUR CARNAL CONDITION, WHICH REFLECTS THEIR MORE OR LESS GREAT INADEQUACIES.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

YOU DON’T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE SILENT BECAUSE YOU KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

ONCE I ARRIVED AT THE SCENE OF THE BATTLE, I REALIZED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING TO SPEAK OF AS “REVOLT”; IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO OBSERVE ANY RESISTANCE. A SIMPLE NEWS ITEM WAS HIGHLIGHTED: A ZULU CHIEF, FOLLOWED BY HIS TRIBE, REFUSED TO SUBMIT TO A NEW TAX AND PIERCED THE COLLECTOR WITH A PADDLE. ANYWAY, I WAS IN LOVE WITH THE ZULUS. SO IT WILL BE MY JOY WHEN I ARRIVED AT HEADQUARTERS AND LEARNED THAT OUR MAIN TASK WOULD BE TO TREAT THE WOUNDED ZULUS. BECAUSE, EXPLAINED THE CHIEF DOCTOR, THE WHITES WERE RELUCTANT TO TAKE CARE OF THE ZULUS. WITHOUT CARE, THE WOUNDS WORSENED AND THE SITUATION BECAME CATASTROPHIC.

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TRUE “NON

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THE SILENT MAN IS THE ONE WHO, HAVING THE POSSIBILITY TO SPEAK, NEVER SAYS ONE WORD TOO MANY.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I DO NOT CLAIM TO CONSIDER THESE EXPERIENCES AS A MODEL OF PERFECTION.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

RELIGIONS ARE LIKE DIFFERENT ROADS CONVERGING TOWARDS THE SAME POINT. IT DOESN’T MATTER IF WE TAKE DIFFERENT ROUTES, AS LONG AS WE ACHIEVE THE SAME GOAL.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

WHETHER THEY ARE TEMPLES, MOSQUES OR CHURCHES, I MAKE NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN THESE DIFFERENT DWELLINGS OF GOD. THEY ARE WHAT FAITH HAS MADE THEM, AN ANSWER TO THOSE WHO WISH TO REACH THE INVISIBLE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE GOAL I HAVE BEEN STRIVING TO ACHIEVE, AT ANY COST, FOR THE PAST THIRTY YEARS OR SO, IS WHAT MOKSHA SAYS. 1] IT IS SELF

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I WOULD PROBABLY BE A CHRISTIAN IF CHRISTIANS WERE TWENTY

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I AM WARY OF THOSE WHO PROCLAIM THEIR FAITH TO OTHERS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY HAVE IN MIND TO CONVERT THEM. FAITH IS NOT MADE TO BE TALKED ABOUT, BUT TO BE LIVED. SO, BY ITSELF, IT SPREADS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I HAVE NO INTENTION OF UNDERTAKING A REAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY HERE. I WOULD SIMPLY LIKE TO TELL THE STORY OF MY MANY EXPERIENCES WITH THE TRUTH; AND AS THEY MERGE WITH MY LIFE, IT IS TRUE THAT THIS STORY WILL TAKE THE FORM OF AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. BUT IT IS DELIBERATE IF THE FOLLOWING PAGES ONLY RELATE TO THESE EXPERIENCES.

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WHAT IS ACTION? WHAT IS INACTION?

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I DON’T THINK THAT ONE DAY THERE WILL BE ONLY ONE RELIGION ON EARTH. THIS ENCOURAGES ME TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO DISCOVER A COMMON DENOMINATOR BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT RELIGIONS AND THUS TO FOSTER A CLIMATE OF TOLERANCE AMONG ALL.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

MY EXPERIENCES IN THE POLITICAL FIELD ARE NOW KNOWN NOT ONLY IN INDIA BUT ALSO, TO SOME EXTENT, IN THE “CIVILIZED” WORLD. IN MY OPINION, THEY ARE NOT OF GREAT VALUE. AND BECAUSE OF THIS, I GRANT EVEN LESS TO THE TITLE THEY GAVE ME: MAHATMA. OFTEN I DEEPLY REGRETTED THAT I WAS CALLED THAT; AND I DON’T REMEMBER A SINGLE MOMENT WHEN I COULD SAY THAT IT FLATTERED ME. ON THE OTHER HAND, IT IS WITH GREAT JOY THAT I WILL TALK ABOUT MY SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES. I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS THEM AND IT IS FROM THEM THAT THE ENERGY THAT DRIVES ME IN POLITICAL ACTION HAS COME TO ME. THERE IS NO REASON TO BOAST OF THESE EXPERIENCES AS THEY ARE TRULY SPIRITUAL IN NATURE. THEY CAN ONLY ADD TO MY HUMILITY; FOR THE MORE I MEDITATE ON MY PAST, THE CLEARER I SEE MY LIMITS.

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I WILL EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT RIGHT ACTION IS AND, HAVING UNDERSTOOD IT, YOU WILL SAVE YOURSELF FROM EVIL, FROM THE ROUND OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS. » ———————————– GANDHI: OUR EYES ARE CLOSED WITH BLINDFOLDS, LIKE THOSE OF THE OX UNDER THE YOKE TURNING IN THE OIL PRESS. THIS BLINDFOLD IS NOT ETERNAL, BUT WE KEEP IT BECAUSE WE HAVE GROWN UP WITH IT AND SEE IT AS A NATURAL THING, AS FEAR, WHICH FOR US IS A NATURAL THING. THERE WAS A YOUNG LION CUB WHO HAD GROWN UP AMONG THE SHEEP AND HE WAS TREMBLING WITH FEAR JUST LIKE THEM. ONE DAY, A REAL LION APPEARED BEFORE HIM AND PUT A MIRROR IN FRONT OF HIS EYES. THE LION CUB STARTED ROARING AND LEFT THE SHEEP HERD ON THE SPOT. NO ONE HAD FORCED HIM TO WEAR A BLINDFOLD[THAT OF IGNORANCE] OVER HIS EYES, IT HAD JUST COME OF ITS OWN ACCORD. ———————————– IN THE SAME WAY, EACH OF US WEARS THE BLINDFOLD OF IGNORANCE OVER OUR EYES, AND WE DO NOT KNOW THAT IT IS NOT OUR DHARMA TO LIVE IN IGNORANCE, TO SUBMIT OURSELVES TO THE ROUND OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS. OUR DHARMA IS TO RISE EVER HIGHER, UNTIL WE CANNOT GO HIGHER. WE WILL NOT REST UNTIL WE REACH THE GOAL. ETERNAL PEACE WILL ONLY COME ONCE THE GOAL HAS BEEN ACHIEVED, THAT IS, THE PEACE OF LIBERATION. IF YOU ARE AT THE TOP OF THE HIMALAYAS, YOU ARE SURE TO FALL FROM IT, BECAUSE ONE DAY OR ANOTHER THE SUMMIT WILL COLLAPSE. IT WILL COLLAPSE BECAUSE IT IS ALSO SUBJECT TO CHANGE. IN THE MOKSHA STATE, THERE IS NO MORE CHANGE AND NO MORE FALLS. ———————————– MOKSHA MEANS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CYCLE OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS, I.E. THE EXIT OF THIS CYCLE. IT MEANS DELIVERANCE FROM SUFFERING. IF WE MEET A WORTHY GURU, AND HE LOOSENS THE BLINDFOLD AND PLACES THE MIRROR OF KNOWLEDGE IN FRONT OF US, THEN WE WILL KNOW WHO WE ARE, WHETHER WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO GO FROM BIRTH TO DEATH OR WHETHER WE ARE DESTINED FOR SOMETHING ELSE. IN TRUTH, WE ARE DESTINED TO BE MUCH BETTER THAN ALWAYS BEING DRAGGED INTO THIS ROUND. WE BELONG TO A HIGHER PLANE. SO WE WILL BE READY FOR THIS FREEDOM WHEN THE DARKNESS OF IGNORANCE HAS DISAPPEARED. ———————————– NON-VIOLENCE ENSURES RESPECT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY AND MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO ADVANCE THE CAUSE OF PEACE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MOST CHERISHED WISHES OF HUMANITY. ———————————– MY RELIGION DOES NOT KNOW ANY EXCLUSIVE ONES: THE LEAST OF THE CREATURES HAS ITS PLACE IN THEM. IT DOES NOT TOLERATE CONTEMPT OR SEGREGATION, WHETHER ON THE BASIS OF RACE, RELIGION OR COLOUR. ———————————– I HAVE NOT SEEN GOD AND DO NOT KNOW HIM. I HAVE MADE MY OWN THE FAITH THAT THE WORLD HAS IN HIM. IT IS SO DEEPLY ROOTED IN ME THAT IT SEEMS TO ME AS CERTAIN AS A DIRECT EXPERIENCE. ———————————– WITH REGARD TO CHILDREN’S CURIOSITY ABOUT THE FACTS OF LIFE, WE SHOULD EXPLAIN THEM IF WE CAN, OR CONFESS OUR IGNORANCE IF WE CANNOT. WE MUST NEVER GIVE THEM FALSE PRETEXTS. THEY KNOW MORE THAN WE THINK THEY DO. ———————————– MOST OF THE TIME, IT IS BETTER TO KEEP QUIET ABOUT THE GOOD A MAN DOES. THE IMITATION OF THE MODEL IS THE MOST SINCERE FLATTERY. ———————————– LET US NOT CONFUSE WHAT IS NATURAL WITH WHAT IS USUAL. ———————————– BELIEVING IN SOMETHING AND NOT LIVING IT IS DISHONEST. ———————————– WHEN I MEET PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD, I INEVITABLY SEE THAT WE ARE ALL BASICALLY THE SAME: WE ARE ALL HUMAN BEINGS. WE CAN BE DRESSED DIFFERENTLY, HAVE A DIFFERENT SKIN COLOUR, SPEAK DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. SO MUCH FOR APPEARANCES. BUT FUNDAMENTALLY, WE ARE ALL THE SAME HUMAN BEINGS. THIS IS WHAT BINDS US TOGETHER, WHAT ALLOWS US TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER, TO BECOME FRIENDS, TO FEEL CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. DALAI LAMA ———————————– AT FIRST I FOUND TIME TO BE USEFUL IN A SMALL HOSPITAL, AT TWO HOURS IN THE MORNING COUNTING THE TRIPS TO AND FROM THERE. THIS WORK MADE ME FEEL A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE. I WOULD ASK PATIENTS WHAT THEY WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT AND THEN FORWARD THESE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE DOCTOR AND ENSURE THAT THE PRESCRIPTIONS WERE FILLED. IT BROUGHT ME CLOSER TO ALL THOSE INDIANS WHO WERE SUFFERING. MOST OF THEM WERE TAMILS, TELUGUS OR NORTH INDIANS, WHO WORKED UNDER CONTRACT. I GAINED EXPERIENCE THAT WAS VERY USEFUL TO ME DURING THE BOER WAR, WHEN I PROVIDED MY SERVICES TO HEAL WOUNDED AND SICK SOLDIERS. ———————————– I AM CONVINCED THAT TO RAISE YOUR CHILDREN PROPERLY, YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO CARE FOR A BABY. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, I HAVE SEEN THE ADVANTAGES OF CAREFULLY STUDYING ALL THESE ISSUES. IF I HAD NEGLECTED THIS POINT AND NOT BEEN ABLE TO USE MY KNOWLEDGE, MY CHILDREN WOULD NOT ENJOY SUCH GOOD HEALTH TODAY. WE ARE VICTIMS OF A KIND OF SUPERSTITION THAT MAKES US BELIEVE THAT THE CHILD HAS NOTHING TO LEARN FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF HIS LIFE. THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE, BECAUSE AFTER THAT, THE CHILD WILL NEVER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN THE LESSONS WE LEARN IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS. HIS EDUCATION BEGINS THE VERY DAY OF HIS CONCEPTION ———————————– RELIGIONS ARE LIKE DIFFERENT ROADS CONVERGING TOWARDS THE SAME POINT. IT DOESN’T MATTER IF WE TAKE DIFFERENT PATHS, AS LONG AS WE ACHIEVE THE SAME GOAL. ———————————– THE WEAK CANNOT FORGIVE. FORGIVENESS IS THE PREROGATIVE OF THE FORT. ———————————– WHOEVER WANTS TO SWIM IN THE OCEAN OF TRUTH, MUST REDUCE HIMSELF TO ZERO. ———————————– LIFE PERSISTS WITHIN THE VERY HEART OF DESTRUCTION. ———————————– THE TOUGHEST FIBER MUST SOFTEN IN THE FIRE OF LOVE. IF IT DOESN’T MELT, IT’S BECAUSE THE FIRE ISN’T STRONG ENOUGH ———————————– FASTING IS ONLY ONE WAY TO CONTROL YOURSELF. IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO HAVE YOUR BODY FAST. YOU MUST ALSO SUBMIT YOUR MIND TO IT ———————————– WHENEVER YOU ARE IN DOUBT, DO THE FOLLOWING TEST: REMEMBER THE POOREST AND WEAKEST PERSON YOU HAVE EVER MET IN YOUR LIFE AND ASK YOURSELF IF WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO DO WILL BE OF ANY USE TO THEM. ———————————– THE END IS WORTH WHAT THE MEANS ARE WORTH. ———————————– THE RICH SHOULD TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO STRIP THEMSELVES OF EVERYTHING IN ORDER TO SPREAD THE SPIRIT OF CONTENTMENT. ———————————– THE MIND SLUMBERS IN THE BRUTE AND THAT IS WHY IT ONLY KNOWS THE LAW OF PHYSICAL FORCE. THE DIGNITY OF MAN REQUIRES OBEDIENCE TO A HIGHER LAW, TO THE STRENGTH OF THE SPIRIT. ———————————– I HAVE NO INTENTION OF UNDERTAKING A REAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY HERE. I WOULD SIMPLY LIKE TO TELL THE STORY OF MY MANY EXPERIENCES WITH THE TRUTH; AND AS THEY MERGE WITH MY LIFE, IT IS TRUE THAT THIS STORY WILL TAKE THE FORM OF AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. ———————————– THE WISE MAN ONLY RETAINS WHAT IS GOOD ABOUT EVERYTHING AND REJECTS WHAT IS BAD. ———————————– OUR REWARD IS IN THE EFFORT AND NOT IN THE RESULT. ———————————– LIFE ONLY DISPENSES ALL ITS GIFTS ON THE DAY WHEN ONE IS INITIATED INTO THE ART OF LIVING NOBLY. ———————————– MAN IS A SOCIAL BEING. IF HE HAS NO RELATIONSHIP WITH SOCIETY, HE CAN NEITHER BECOME AWARE OF HIS UNITY WITH THE UNIVERSE NOR DEPRIVE HIMSELF OF HIS SELFISHNESS. IT IS HIS SOCIAL INTERDEPENDENCE THAT ALLOWS HIM TO TEST HIS FAITH AND TO MEASURE HIMSELF AGAINST THE TOUCHSTONE OF REALITY. ———————————– TO STRENGTHEN THE ARMOR, FASTING IS AS NECESSARY AS DEPRIVING YOURSELF OF CERTAIN FOODS. THE SENSES ARE SO TYRANNICAL THAT THEY CAN ONLY BE PERFECTLY CONTROLLED IF THEY ARE SURROUNDED BY FENCES ON ALL SIDES. ———————————– IF THOUGHT IS NOT CONTROLLED, THE REST GOES TO DRIFT. (…) EVERYTHING IS ONLY CHILD’S PLAY WHEN YOU HOLD THE REINS OF YOUR MIND. ———————————– YOU DON’T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE SILENT BECAUSE YOU KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. WE MAY HAVE BEEN CUT OFF OUR TONGUES WITHOUT KNOWING THE TRUE SILENCE. THE SILENT MAN IS THE ONE WHO, HAVING THE POSSIBILITY TO SPEAK, NEVER SAYS ONE WORD TOO MANY. ———————————– EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN ME (…) THAT SILENCE IS PART OF THE DISCIPLINE THAT MUST BE IMPOSED ON THOSE WHO HAVE VOWED TO SERVE THE TRUTH. MAN IS NATURALLY INCLINED TO EXAGGERATE, DISTORT OR CONCEAL FACTS, EVEN WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE. SILENCE IS NECESSARY TO OVERCOME THESE WEAKNESSES. THE WORDS OF A STINGY MAN IN WORDS ARE RARELY MEANINGLESS. EVERY WORD, IN THIS CASE, CARRIES. ———————————– CIVILIZATION, IN THE TRUE SENSE OF THE WORD, DOES NOT CONSIST IN MULTIPLYING NEEDS, BUT IN VOLUNTARILY LIMITING THEM. IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO EXPERIENCE TRUE HAPPINESS AND MAKE OURSELVES MORE AVAILABLE TO OTHERS ———————————– YOU CAN NEVER PREDICT THE RESULTS OF AN ACTION. BUT IF YOU DO NOTHING, THERE WILL BE NO RESULT. ———————————– DO NOT FOLLOW THE PATH OF OTHERS. GO INSTEAD WHERE THERE IS NO PATH AND DRAW A TRAIL. ———————————– WE BECOME STRONG BY PRESERVING OR SUBLIMATING THE ENERGY THAT CREATED LIFE. WE CONTINUALLY AND EVEN UNCONSCIOUSLY WASTE THIS ENERGY BY FEEDING CONFUSED AND UNWANTED THOUGHTS. ———————————– IF WE WANT TO BECOME NON-VIOLENT, WE MUST WISH TO HAVE NOTHING MORE ON EARTH THAN THE SMALLEST IN THE WORLD. ———————————– I DON’T LIKE THE WORD TOLERANCE, BUT I CAN’T THINK OF A BETTER WORD. ———————————– HUMILITY SHOULD MAKE THE ONE WHO POSSESSES IT UNDERSTAND THAT HE IS NOTHING. AS SOON AS YOU IMAGINE YOU’RE SOMETHING, THERE’S SELFISHNESS. IF THOSE WHO OBSERVE RULES ARE PROUD OF THEM, THE RULES WILL LOSE MUCH OF THEIR VALUE, IF NOT ALL OF THEM…. TO FEEL THAT WE ARE SOMETHING IS TO BUILD A BARRIER BETWEEN GOD AND OURSELVES. TO STOP FEELING THAT WE ARE SOMETHING IS TO BECOME ONE WITH GOD. A DROP OF WATER IN THE OCEAN HAS ITS SHARE OF THE IMMENSITY OF THE WHOLE, ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT AWARE OF IT. BUT IT EVAPORATES AS SOON AS IT ENTERS A LIFE INDEPENDENT OF THAT OF THE OCEAN. WE ARE NOT EXAGGERATING WHEN WE SAY THAT LIFE ON EARTH IS ONLY A BUBBLE. ———————————– I AM FULL OF ADMIRATION FOR WESTERN SCIENCE; BUT I AM OUTRAGED TO SEE SCIENTISTS MISTREATING OTHER CREATURES. VIVISECTION INSPIRES ME WITH AN UNNAMED HORROR. ———————————– I CONSIDER THIS MASSACRE OF INNOCENT LIVES, ALLEGEDLY PERPETRATED IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE AND IN THE INTEREST OF HUMANITY, TO BE UNFORGIVABLE. I DENY ANY VALUE TO SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES SOILED BY INNOCENT BLOOD. ———————————– HUMANITY COULD VERY WELL HAVE DISCOVERED THE THEORY OF BLOOD CIRCULATION WITHOUT VIVISECTION. BUT I SEE THE DAY COMING WHEN THE HONEST SCIENTIST WILL BE RELUCTANT TO USE SUCH RESEARCH METHODS ———————————– MAN IS MASTER OF HIS DESTINY IN THE SENSE THAT HE IS FREE TO CHOOSE HOW TO USE HIS FREEDOM. BUT HE HAS NO CONTROL OVER THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS DECISION. AS SOON AS HE STARTS TO BELIEVE THAT HE HAS SOME CONTROL, HE GOES STRAIGHT TO FAILURE. ———————————– I OPPOSE VIOLENCE BECAUSE WHEN IT SEEMS TO PRODUCE GOOD, THE RESULTING GOOD IS ONLY TRANSITORY, WHILE THE EVIL PRODUCED IS PERMANENT. ———————————– IT IS A MISTAKE TO BELIEVE NECESSARILY WRONG WHAT YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND. ———————————– NO HUMAN BEING IS TOO BAD TO BE SAVED. NO HUMAN BEING IS PERFECT ENOUGH TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO KILL ANYONE HE WRONGLY CONSIDERS TO BE ENTIRELY EVIL. ———————————– YOU ARE THE ONE WHO WILL CHANGE WHAT YOU WANT TO CHANGE IN THE WORLD. ———————————– EVERYONE MUST HAVE AT LEAST ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES. ———————————– TRUE STRENGTH IS NOT OF PHYSICAL ORIGIN. IT COMES FROM AN INDOMITABLE WILL. ———————————– I CAN’T FENCE ALL FOUR SIDES OF MY HOUSE OR WALL MY WINDOWS. I WANT THE SPIRIT OF ALL CULTURES TO BLOW THROUGH ME AS FREELY AS POSSIBLE. ———————————– GOD IS THE GREATEST DEMOCRAT THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN, BECAUSE TO BETTER LET US CHOOSE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL, HE DOES NOT EXERT THE SLIGHTEST PRESSURE ON OUR FREEDOM. ———————————– THE WHOLE WORLD IS LIKE THE HUMAN BODY WITH ITS MEMBERS. PAIN FELT IN ONE LIMB IS FELT THROUGHOUT THE BODY. IF ONE PART STARTS TO ROT, THE WHOLE SYSTEM WILL INEVITABLY BE POISONED. ———————————– YOU CAN ONLY BEAT YOUR OPPONENT THROUGH LOVE AND NOT THROUGH HATRED. ———————————– WHEN THE WAR BROKE OUT BETWEEN THE ENGLISH AND THE BOERS, MY SYMPATHY WENT TO THE LATTER. BUT THEN I THOUGHT I HAD NO RIGHT, IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES, TO TAKE MY PERSONAL CONVICTIONS INTO ACCOUNT. ———————————– THERE IS NO EXAMPLE OF A DESIRE OF THE HEART, IF IT IS PURE IN ITS IMPATIENCE, NOT BEING FULFILLED. MY OWN EXPERIENCE HAS OFTEN ALLOWED ME TO VERIFY THIS RULE. SERVING THE POOR IS WHAT MY HEART HAS DESIRED, AND I HAVE ALWAYS FOUND MYSELF MINGLED WITH THE POOR AND ABLE TO IDENTIFY WITH THEM ———————————– THE GOLDEN RULE OF CONDUCT IS MUTUAL TOLERANCE, BECAUSE WE WILL NEVER ALL THINK THE SAME WAY, WE WILL ONLY SEE PART OF THE TRUTH AND FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES. ———————————– AS SOON AS SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS THAT IT IS CONTRARY TO HIS HUMAN DIGNITY TO OBEY UNJUST LAWS, NO TYRANNY CAN ENSLAVE HIM. ———————————– THE TRUE DEMOCRAT IS THE ONE WHO, THROUGH PURELY NON-VIOLENT MEANS, DEFENDS HIS FREEDOM, CONSEQUENTLY THAT OF HIS COUNTRY AND ULTIMATELY THAT OF ALL HUMANITY. ———————————– ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS. ———————————– THE TRUE DEMOCRAT IS THE ONE WHO, THROUGH PURELY NON-VIOLENT MEANS, DEFENDS HIS FREEDOM, CONSEQUENTLY THAT OF HIS COUNTRY AND ULTIMATELY THAT OF ALL HUMANITY. ———————————– AFTER NEARLY THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF UNINTERRUPTED POLITICAL ACTIVITY, I FEEL FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART THAT THE WORLD IS TIRED OF WATCHING BLOODSHED. HE’S LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT…. ———————————– CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE BECOMES A SACRED DUTY WHEN THE STATE BECOMES OUTLAWED, OR, SIMILARLY, CORRUPT. ———————————– IT WAS IN PORBANDAR THAT MY CHILDHOOD WAS SPENT. I REMEMBER BEING SENT TO SCHOOL THERE. MY ONLY MEMORY OF THAT TIME IS THAT I LEARNED, ALONG WITH OTHER BOYS, TO CALL OUR MASTER WITH ALL KINDS OF NAMES – WHICH WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT MY INTELLIGENCE SHOULD BE LAZY, AND MY MEMORY GROSS. ———————————– WHEN WHAT YOU THINK, WHAT YOU SAY, WHAT YOU DO, ARE IN HARMONY, HAPPINESS BELONGS TO YOU ———————————– BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD. ———————————– THE TRUTH IS THAT IN INDIA, THE NATION IN GENERAL HAS USED PASSIVE RESISTANCE IN ALL AREAS OF LIFE. WE NO LONGER COOPERATE WITH THE DOMINANT POWERS WHEN THEY DO NOT MEET OUR NEEDS. ———————————– BELIEVING IN SOMETHING AND NOT LIVING IT IS DISHONEST. ———————————– TRUTH NEVER PREJUDICES A JUST CAUSE. ———————————– IT IS A MISTAKE TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE END AND THE MEANS, AND THIS ERROR HAS LED MEN CONSIDERED AS BELIEVERS TO COMMIT TERRIBLE CRIMES. IT’S LIKE SAYING THAT BY PLANTING WEEDS YOU CAN HARVEST ROSES. ———————————– THE STRENGTH OF THE NUMBER ONLY REPLAYS THE FEARFUL. HE WHO IS BRAVE IN SPIRIT MAKES HIMSELF GLORIOUS BY FIGHTING ALONE. ———————————– WHEN IT COMES TO CHOOSING BETWEEN FREEDOM AND SCHOLARSHIP, WHO CAN DENY THAT ONE SHOULD PREFER THE FORMER A THOUSAND TIMES OVER THE LATTER? ———————————– MY LIFE FORMS AN INSEPARABLE WHOLE: THE SAME MINE UNITES ALL MY ACTIONS. THEY ALL HAVE THEIR SOURCE IN AN UNQUENCHABLE LOVE FOR HUMANITY ———————————– THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM THAT DESPISES MORAL VALUES IS UNFAIR. ———————————– MALE AND FEMALE, EACH IS COMPLEMENTARY TO THE OTHER. ———————————– THE VICTORY OBTAINED BY VIOLENCE IS EQUIVALENT TO A DEFEAT, BECAUSE IT IS MOMENTARY. ———————————– THE PROBLEM WITH LYING IS THAT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER YOUR LIES. ———————————– THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE TO OBEY A CALL THAT IS THE HIGHEST OF ALL THAT IS THE VOICE OF CONSCIENCE, EVEN IF SUCH OBEDIENCE CAN COST A BITTER TEAR AND EVEN MORE, THE SEPARATION OF FRIENDS, FAMILY BELONG TO EVERYTHING YOU HAVE HELD DEAR THAN LIFE ITSELF. FOR THIS REASON, OBEDIENCE IS THE LAW OF OUR BEING. ———————————– THE MAN MUST CHOOSE ONE OF THE TWO COURSES, THE HIGH OR THE LOW; BUT AS HE HAS THE BRUTE IN HIM, HE WILL CHOOSE THE RACE DOWN MORE EASILY THAN UP, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE LOW COURSE IS PRESENTED TO HIM UNDER A BEAUTIFUL DRESS. MAN EASILY SURRENDERS WHEN SIN IS PRESENTED IN THE FORM OF VIRTUE. ———————————– A COLLECTION OF QUOTES AND TEACHINGS FROM MAHATMA GANDHI ———————————– KNOWLEDGE COMES SPONTANEOUSLY TO A BHAKTA. HE DOESN’T HAVE TO GO THROUGH LARGE VOLUMES. BUT WHOEVER BELIEVES THAT HE WILL FIRST ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE AND CULTIVATE BHAKTI WILL FAIL MISERABLY IN HIS GOAL. NO ONE CAN ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE IN THIS WAY. SUCH KNOWLEDGE GENERATES, IF ANYTHING, PRIDE. BUT HE WHO LOVINGLY CULTIVATES DEVOTION TO THE LORD AND CONSTANTLY THINKS OF HIM OBTAINS KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT ANY PARTICULAR EFFORT TO THIS END. ———————————– BUT THE DESIRELESS OR RENUNCIATION DOES NOT COME JUST TO TALK ABOUT IT. IT IS NOT ACHIEVED BY INTELLECTUAL ACHIEVEMENT. IT CAN ONLY BE REACHED BY CONSTANT HEART LOSS. GOOD KNOWLEDGE IS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE RENUNCIATION. EDUCATED MEN HAVE A KNOWLEDGE OF A KIND. THEY CAN RECITE THE VEDAS FROM MEMORY, BUT THEY CAN BE IMMERSED IN INDULGENCE. SO THAT KNOWLEDGE WOULD NOT BE UNLEASHED, THE AUTHOR OF THE BHAGAVAD GITA INSISTED THAT DEVOTION SHOULD ACCOMPANY HIM AND GAVE HIM FIRST PLACE. KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT DEVOTION WILL BE LIKE A FAILURE. THEREFORE, SAYS THE GITA, DEVOTION AND KNOWLEDGE WILL FOLLOW.” THEREFORE, SAYS THE GITA, “WILL DEVOTION AND KNOWLEDGE FOLLOW?

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IF I WERE SURE I WOULD FIND GOD IN A CAVE IN THE HIMALAYAS, I WOULD GO THERE RIGHT AWAY. BUT I KNOW THAT HE IS NOWHERE ELSE BUT IN THE HEART OF HUMANITY.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IT IS BETTER TO PUT YOUR HEART INTO PRAYER WITHOUT FINDING WORDS THAN TO FIND WORDS WITHOUT PUTTING YOUR HEART INTO THEM

MOHANDAS GANDHI

FORGETTING HOW TO DIG THE GROUND AND STRETCH THE GROUND IS FORGETTING YOURSELF.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE FIRST REQUIREMENT OF NON

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE HYMN OF HATRED DOES NOT BENEFIT HUMANITY.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

JUST AS WE MUST NOT RECEIVE, WE MUST NOT POSSESS ANYTHING THAT WE DO NOT REALLY NEED. THE POSSESSION OF UNNECESSARY FOOD, CLOTHING OR FURNITURE WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THIS PRINCIPLE. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU SHOULDN’T KEEP A CHAIR IF YOU CAN DO WITHOUT IT. BY OBSERVING THIS PRINCIPLE, WE LEAD TO A PROGRESSIVE SIMPLIFICATION OF OUR OWN LIVES.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE INSTRUMENTS NECESSARY FOR THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH ARE AS SIMPLE AS THEY ARE COMPLEX. THE ARROGANT MAY FIND THEM PERFECTLY IMPRACTICABLE; LIKE THE INNOCENT CHILD, PERFECTLY PRACTICABLE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IT IS A VIRTUE TO HAVE DISAFFECTION FOR A GOVERNMENT THAT AS A WHOLE HAS DONE MORE HARM TO INDIA THAN ANY OTHER PREVIOUS SYSTEM.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM AND INTERDEPENDENCE ARE ESSENTIAL FOR LIVING IN SOCIETY.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THERE ARE AREAS WHERE REASON CAN HARDLY ENLIGHTEN US AND WHERE WE MUST RELY ON FAITH TO CONTINUE OUR JOURNEY. IN THIS CASE, THEN, FAITH DOES NOT CONTRADICT REASON, BUT EXCEEDS IT.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE CONDITION CANNOT BE MANUFACTURED OR REGULATED BY LAW. IF ONE HAS NO AFFECTION FOR A PERSON OR A SYSTEM, ONE MUST BE FREE TO EXPRESS FULLY ONE’S DISAFFECTION, AS LONG AS ONE DOES NOT INTEND TO USE, PROMOTE OR INCITE VIOLENCE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

SATISFACTION LIES IN EFFORT, NOT IN ACHIEVEMENT. THE COMPLETE EFFORT IS THE COMPLETE VICTORY.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

SOME ARGUE THAT OUR FOOD DOES NOT AFFECT THE SOUL IN ANY WAY, SINCE IT DOES NOT DRINK OR EAT; WHAT MATTERS DOES NOT COME FROM THE OUTSIDE BUT COMES OUT OF OUR HEART. THIS ARGUMENT, NO DOUBT, IS NOT LACKING IN STRENGTH. BUT RATHER THAN DWELL ON DISCUSSING ITS VALUE, I WILL SIMPLY STATE MY FIRM CONVICTION IN THIS AREA: REDUCING THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF HIS DIET IS AS NECESSARY AS CONTROLLING HIS THOUGHTS AND KEEPING HIS TONGUE, IF WE WANT TO LIVE IN THIS FEAR OF GOD THAT WILL ONE DAY LEAD US TO SEE HIM FACE TO FACE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

LOVE IS THE MOST POWERFUL FORCE IN THE WORLD AND YET IT IS THE MOST HUMBLE FORCE IMAGINABLE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IT DOES NOT REQUIRE MONEY TO BE CLEAN, CLEAN AND DIGNIFIED.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I MEAN, FOR FEAR OF BURNING EVERYTHING, I DIDN’T PRESS HARD ENOUGH. THE NECK WAS REALLY HARD, BUT THE STARCH THAT WAS TOO MUCH BEGAN TO MELT DROP BY DROP. I MADE THE JOY OF MY COLLEAGUES WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE COURTROOM IN THIS WAY, BUT EVEN THEN I KNEW I WAS IMPERVIOUS TO RIDICULE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

REGARDLESS OF THE NOBILITY OF A CAUSE TO BE DEFENDED, HATRED AND VIOLENCE COMPROMISE THE PEACE WE SEEK AND INCREASE HATRED AND VIOLENCE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

ABSOLUTE CALM IS NOT THE LAW OF THE OCEAN. AND IT’S THE SAME WITH THE OCEAN OF LIFE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IN THE SAME WAY, I LEARNED TO DO WITHOUT THE SERVICES OF THE HAIRDRESSER JUST AS I HAD BEEN ABLE TO FREE MYSELF FROM THE LAUNDERER. WHEN YOU GO TO ENGLAND, YOU AT LEAST LEARN THE ART OF SHAVING, BUT NOT THE ART OF CUTTING YOUR OWN HAIR.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

EVERYONE SHOULD LISTEN TO THEIR INNER VOICE AND ACT ACCORDINGLY; AND IF YOU DON’T HAVE EARS TO LISTEN, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS DO YOUR BEST. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU IMITATE OTHERS LIKE A SHEEP

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE AWAKENED ONE TOLD YOU NEVER TO FORGET THE WORDS THAT THIS SHORT PERIOD OF LIFE IS BUT A FLEETING SHADOW, A FLEETING THING, AND IF YOUR REALIZE THE NOTHINGNESS OF ALL THAT APPEARS BEFORE YOUR EYES, THE NOTHINGNESS OF THIS MATERIAL CASE THAT WE SEE BEFORE WE CHANGE, THEN INDEED THERE ARE TREASURES FOR YOU AT THE TOP, AND YOU ARE AT PEACE HERE, THE PEACE THAT TRANSCENDS ALL UNDERSTANDING, AND THE HAPPINESS TO WHICH WE ARE TOTALLY FOREIGN. THIS REQUIRES INCREDIBLE FAITH, DIVINE FAITH AND SUBMISSION OF EVERYTHING WE SEE BEFORE US.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THIS ANSWER DID NOT SURPRISE MY INTERLOCUTORS. THEY KNEW THAT THE HAIRDRESSER, BY REFUSING TO CUT MY HAIR, WAS WITHIN HIS RIGHTS. OTHERWISE, BY ACCEPTING BLACKS, HE WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE LOST HIS CUSTOMERS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

TO BE EFFECTIVE, NON

MOHANDAS GANDHI

TAKE A RAY OF SUNSHINE, AND LET HIM PIERCE THE DARKNESS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

CLEMENCY IS THE PREROGATIVE OF THE STRONG.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

MY WISH, AS WELL AS THAT OF SOME OF MY COMPANIONS, HAS BEEN TO PRESENT IN AN ACCESSIBLE WAY THE PRACTICE OF TEACHING THE GITA AS I HAD UNDERSTOOD IT (…) THIS TRANSLATION IS INTENDED FOR WOMEN, THE WORKING CLASS, THE SO

MOHANDAS GANDHI

DISCOVER A SOURCE, AND PURIFY THE ONE WHO IS IN THE MUD.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I NEVER UNDERSTOOD HOW PEOPLE COULD FEEL HONORED TO SEE A HUMAN BROTHER HUMILIATE HIMSELF IN FRONT OF THEM.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

NO MATTER HOW INSIGNIFICANT WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. DO IT AS WELL AS YOU CAN. TAKE AS MUCH CARE AND ATTENTION AS YOU THINK IS MOST IMPORTANT. BECAUSE YOU WILL BE JUDGED ON THESE LITTLE THINGS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

TAKE A TEAR, AND PUT IT ON THE FACE OF THE ONE WHO CAN’T CRY.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I AM SLOW TO SEE THE SHORTCOMINGS OF MY FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS, PROBABLY BECAUSE I MYSELF HAVE TOO MANY OF THEM, AND AS SUCH, I NEED THE CHARITY OF OTHERS. I HAVE LEARNED NOT TO JUDGE ANYONE SEVERELY AND TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE DEFECTS THAT I SOMETIMES NOTICE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

WHEN I REFUSE TO DO SOMETHING THAT REPELS MY CONSCIENCE, I APPEAL TO THE STRENGTH OF THE SOUL, WHICH IMPLIES SELF

MOHANDAS GANDHI

A LIFE OF SACRIFICE IS THE SUPREME PEAK OF ART. SHE IS FULL OF TRUE JOY. (LETTERS TO THE ASHRAM, 1948)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

TAKE COURAGE, AND PUT IT IN THE HEART OF THE ONE WHO CAN NO LONGER FIGHT.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

GOOD AND EVIL ARE RELATIVE TERMS. WHAT IS GOOD IN SOME CONDITIONS CAN BECOME AN EVIL OR A SIN IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IN YOUR LIFE, EVERYTHING YOU DO WILL BE INSIGNIFICANT, BUT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO IT ANYWAY.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

DISCOVER A MEANING TO LIFE, AND SHARE IT WITH THE ONE WHO NO LONGER KNOWS WHERE HE IS GOING.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

WHENEVER THERE IS DISCORD, WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER OPPOSITION, TRY TO DEFEAT THE OPPONENT WITH LOVE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

MISTRUST IS A SIGN OF WEAKNESS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

TAKE HOPE IN YOUR HANDS, AND LIVE IN THE LIGHT OF ITS RAYS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

MAN IS MASTER OF HIS DESTINY IN THE SENSE THAT HE IS FREE TO CHOOSE HOW TO USE HIS FREEDOM. BUT HE HAS NO CONTROL OVER THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS DECISION. AS SOON AS HE STARTS TO BELIEVE THAT HE HAS SOME CONTROL, HE GOES STRAIGHT TO FAILURE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE FUTURE DEPENDS ON WHAT WE DO IN THE PRESENT.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

TAKE KINDNESS, AND GIVE IT TO THE ONE WHO CAN’T GIVE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IT IS IN SILENCE THAT THE SOUL FINDS THE WAY TO THE LIGHT, AND WHAT IS ELUSIVE OR MISLEADING IS REVEALED IN CRYSTAL CLARITY. OUR LIFE IS A LONG AND ARDUOUS QUEST FOR TRUTH, AND THE SOUL NEEDS INNER REST TO FULLY REALIZE ITSELF.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

FREEDOM HAS NO VALUE IF IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE FREEDOM TO MAKE MISTAKES.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

DISCOVER LOVE, AND MAKE IT KNOWN TO ALL.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE SMALLEST OF ACTIONS WILL ALWAYS BE BETTER THAN THE GREATEST OF INTENTIONS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE MACHINE HAS WON THE MAN, THE MAN HAS BECOME A MACHINE, WORKS AND NO LONGER LIVES.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

SHORT TEXT BY GANDHI ON PEACE:

MOHANDAS GANDHI

TRUTH REQUIRES CONSTANT AND LARGE

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE SIZE OF A NATION CAN BE JUDGED BY THE WAY ANIMALS ARE TREATED.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IF YOU WANT PEACE IN THE WORLD, YOU NEED PEACE IN YOUR COUNTRY.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I WOULD PROBABLY BE A CHRISTIAN, IF CHRISTIANS WERE TWENTY

MOHANDAS GANDHI

SPIRITUAL PROGRESS REQUIRES US TO STOP KILLING OTHER LIVING BEINGS FOR OUR BODILY NEEDS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IF YOU WANT PEACE IN YOUR COUNTRY, YOU NEED PEACE IN YOUR REGION.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE ONE WHO IS COMPLETELY IMMERSED IN GOD, RELIES ON HIM, WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT FAILURES OR SUCCESSES; HE OFFERS HIM EVERYTHING. AS I HAVE NOT YET ACHIEVED THIS WAS, I DEDUCE THAT MY EFFORTS ARE INSUFFICIENT. (P. 111)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

HAPPINESS IS WHEN WHAT YOU THINK, WHAT YOU SAY AND WHAT YOU DO ARE IN HARMONY. (HTTPS://EN.WIKIQUOTE.ORG/WIKI/HAPPINESS)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IF YOU WANT PEACE IN YOUR REGION, YOU NEED PEACE IN YOUR CITY.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE VICTORY OBTAINED BY VIOLENCE IS EQUIVALENT TO A DEFEAT, BECAUSE IT IS MOMENTARY.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

FATALISM HAS ITS LIMITS. WE MUST ONLY LEAVE IT TO FATE WHEN WE HAVE EXHAUSTED ALL THE REMEDIES. (LETTERS TO THE ASHRAM)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IF YOU WANT PEACE IN YOUR CITY, YOU NEED PEACE IN YOUR STREET.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

LIVE AS IF YOU HAVE TO DIE TOMORROW. LEARN AS IF YOU HAVE TO LIVE FOREVER.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I DON’T WANT MY HOUSE TO BE WALLED UP ON ALL SIDES, NOR MY WINDOWS BLOCKED, BUT I WANT THE BREEZE THAT THE CULTURES OF ALL COUNTRIES BRING ME TO MOVE FREELY.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IF YOU WANT PEACE ON YOUR STREET, YOU NEED PEACE IN YOUR HOUSE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE SPIRIT SLEEPS IN THE BRUTE WHO KNOWS FOR ANY LAW ONLY THAT OF PHYSICAL FORCE. THE DIGNITY OF MAN REQUIRES OBEYING A LAW SUPERIOR TO THE STRENGTH OF THE MIND

MOHANDAS GANDHI

A SHORT TEXT BY GANDHI ON LOVE:

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IF YOU WANT PEACE IN YOUR HOUSE, YOU NEED PEACE IN YOUR HEART.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE END IS IN THE MEANS, AS THE TREE IS IN THE SEED.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

TAKE YOUR SMILE, AND GIVE IT TO THE ONE WHO NEVER HAD ONE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I MAKE NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT RACES, FOR ME A MAN IS ALWAYS A MAN.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IN HINDUISM, THE INCARNATION APPLIES TO THOSE WHO HAVE PERFORMED AN EXTRAORDINARY AND EXTRAORDINARY ACTION FOR THE GOOD OF HUMANITY. ALL INCARNATE LIFE IS ACTUALLY A DIVINE INCARNATION, BUT IT IS NOT USUAL TO CONSIDER EACH HUMAN BEING AS A DIVINE INCARNATION. (…) THERE IS AN URDU TRUTH THAT SAYS: “ADAM IS NOT GOD, BUT A SPARK OF THE DIVINE”. AND THAT IS WHY THE ONE WHO IS THE MOST DEEPLY RELIGIOUS, BEHAVES AS IF PENETRATED BY THE DIVINE SPARK. (…) THIS BELIEF IN INCARNATION IS A TESTIMONY TO THE HIGHEST SPIRITUAL AMBITION. MAN IS NOT AT PEACE WITH HIMSELF UNTIL HE HAS BECOME LIKE GOD. THE EFFORT TO REACH THIS STATE IS SUPREME, IT IS THE ONLY AMBITION WORTHY OF BEING SO. AND IT IS THE REALIZATION OF THE SELF. (…) THIS UNPARALLELED REMEDY[THE WAY TO SELF

MOHANDAS GANDHI

A HUMAN BEING IS ONLY THE PRODUCT OF HIS THOUGHTS. WHAT HE THINKS, HE BECOMES.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

EVERYONE IS RIGHT FROM THEIR OWN POINT OF VIEW, BUT IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE THAT EVERYONE IS WRONG. (LETTERS TO THE ASHRAM, 1937)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO REMAIN SERENE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ACTIVITY AND TO BE VIBRANT FROM LIFE TO REST.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IT IS UNWISE TO BE TOO SURE OF YOUR OWN WISDOM. IT IS HEALTHY TO REMEMBER THAT THE STRONGER COULD WEAKEN AND THE WISER COULD BE WRONG.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE POSSIBLE AND THE IMPOSSIBLE IS IN THE DETERMINATION.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE TRUTH IS AS HARD AS A DIAMOND AND AS FRAGILE AS A PEACH BLOSSOM. (AUTOBIOGRAPHY OR MY EXPERIENCES OF TRUTH, 1929)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

LIVE AS IF YOU HAVE TO DIE TOMORROW. LEARN AS IF YOU WILL HAVE TO LIVE FOREVER.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT AN ISOLATED INDIVIDUAL CAN RISE SPIRITUALLY AND THAT THOSE AROUND HIM DO NOT BENEFIT FROM IT. IF, THEREFORE, A SINGLE MAN TAKES A STEP FORWARD IN THE SPIRITUAL LIFE, ALL HUMANITY BENEFITS. ON THE CONTRARY, THE REGRESSION OF A SINGLE STEP MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD TAKE A STEP BACK.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

START BY CHANGING IN YOURSELF WHAT YOU WANT TO CHANGE AROUND YOU.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

MY DEMAND FOR TRUTH HAS ITSELF TAUGHT ME THE BEAUTY OF COMPROMISE. (AUTOBIOGRAPHY OR MY EXPERIENCES OF TRUTH, 1929)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THROUGHOUT MY LIFE, I HAVE NEVER STOPPED MEASURING BETTER, DAY AFTER DAY, THE VALUE OF COMPROMISE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE LEVEL OF EVOLUTION OF A PEOPLE IS RECOGNIZED BY THE WAY THEY TREAT THEIR ANIMALS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE GREATEST TRAVELLER IS NOT THE ONE WHO HAS BEEN AROUND THE WORLD TEN TIMES, BUT THE ONE WHO HAS BEEN AROUND HIMSELF ONCE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

BY ITS VERY NATURE, TRUTH CARRIES THE EVIDENCE IN ITSELF. AS SOON AS IT IS RID OF THE COBWEBS OF IGNORANCE, IT SHINES BRIGHTLY.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

NO MATTER HOW INSIGNIFICANT WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. DO IT AS WELL AS YOU CAN.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

TO PROGRESS, WE MUST NOT REPEAT THE STORY, BUT PRODUCE A NEW ONE. WE MUST ADD TO THE LEGACY OF OUR ANCESTORS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE SEEMINGLY DIFFERENT TRUTHS ARE LIKE COUNTLESS LEAVES THAT LOOK DIFFERENT AND ARE ON THE SAME TREE. (LETTERS TO THE ASHRAM, 1948)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROGRESS OF THE WORLD MUST BE TO PUT OUR OWN HOUSE IN ORDER.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

AS HUMAN BEINGS, OUR GREATNESS LIES LESS IN THE ABILITY TO REMAKE THE WORLD THAN IN THE ABILITY TO REMAKE OURSELVES.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

ERROR DOES NOT BECOME TRUTH BECAUSE IT SPREADS AND MULTIPLIES; TRUTH DOES NOT BECOME ERROR BECAUSE NO ONE SEES IT. (ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

WHETHER WE HAVE TO OBEY ALL LAWS, GOOD OR BAD, IS A RECENT INVENTION.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO WOULD BE ENOUGH TO SOLVE A LARGE PART OF THE WORLD’S PROBLEMS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

CONSTANT DEVELOPMENT IS THE LAW OF LIFE, AND A MAN WHO ALWAYS TRIES TO MAINTAIN HIS DOGMAS TO APPEAR CONSISTENT, LEADS HIMSELF TO A FALSE POSITION.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

NO MAN WHO LOVES HIS COUNTRY CAN HELP IT TO PROGRESS IF HE DARES TO NEGLECT ANY OF HIS COMPATRIOTS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

YOUR BELIEFS GENERATE YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR THOUGHTS GENERATE YOUR WORDS, YOUR WORDS GENERATE YOUR ACTIONS, YOUR ACTIONS GENERATE YOUR HABITS, YOUR HABITS GENERATE YOUR VALUES AND YOUR VALUES GENERATE YOUR DESTINY.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE GOLDEN RULE OF CONDUCT IS MUTUAL TOLERANCE, BECAUSE WE WILL NEVER ALL THINK THE SAME WAY, WE WILL ONLY SEE PART OF THE TRUTH AND FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES. (ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS, 1969)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

A LAW MUST FIRST AND FOREMOST BE A FAIR LAW. MODERN POLITICS MAKES THE LAW A FETISH SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS THE LAW.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IN OUR EFFORTS TO MOVE FORWARD, WE MAY BE MISTAKEN, SOMETIMES EVEN HEAVILY SO. BUT MAN IS A BEING WHO MUST DIRECT HIMSELF; THIS AUTONOMY IMPLIES THE POWER TO MAKE MISTAKES AND TO CORRECT THEM AS OFTEN AS ONE MAKES THEM.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

CONSCIENCE IS NOT THE SAME FOR EVERYONE. IT IS A GOOD GUIDE FOR INDIVIDUAL CONDUCT, BUT IF WE WANTED TO IMPOSE THIS CONDUCT ON EVERYONE, IT WOULD BE AN INTOLERABLE ENCROACHMENT ON EVERYONE’S FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

YOU MUST NOT LOSE HOPE IN HUMANITY. HUMANITY IS AN OCEAN: EVEN IF A FEW DROPS ARE CONTAMINATED, THE OCEAN DOES NOT BECOME SO.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

MAN OFTEN BECOMES WHAT HE THINKS HE IS. IF I KEEP TELLING MYSELF THAT I CAN’T DO A CERTAIN THING, IT’S POSSIBLE THAT I’LL END UP BEING REALLY UNABLE TO DO IT. ON THE CONTRARY, IF I AM CONVINCED THAT I CAN DO IT, I WILL SURELY ACQUIRE THE ABILITY TO DO IT, EVEN IF I CANNOT HAVE IT FROM THE BEGINNING.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THERE CAN BE NO INNER PEACE WITHOUT TRUE KNOWLEDGE. ONCE WE KNOW HOW TO APPLY THIS INFALLIBLE CRITERION OF TRUTH, WE CAN IMMEDIATELY DISCERN WHAT IS WORTH DOING, OR BEING SEEN, OR BEING READ. (LETTERS TO THE ASHRAM)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

DEMOCRACY, ACCORDING TO MY IDEA, SHOULD PROVIDE THE WEAKEST WITH THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AS THE STRONGEST. ONLY NON

MOHANDAS GANDHI

TRUTH NOURISHES THE SOUL, LIES GNAWS AT IT.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

WHEN I DESPAIR, I REMEMBER THAT THROUGHOUT HISTORY THE WAYS OF TRUTH AND LOVE HAVE ALWAYS WON. THERE HAVE BEEN TYRANTS, AND MURDERERS, AND FOR A WHILE THEY MAY SEEM INVINCIBLE, BUT IN THE END THEY ALWAYS COLLAPSE. ALWAYS THINK ABOUT IT.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE TRUE DEMOCRAT IS THE ONE WHO, THROUGH PURELY NON

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE WEAPONS OF TRUTH AND LOVE ARE INVINCIBLE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

LIFE PERSISTS WITHIN THE VERY HEART OF DESTRUCTION.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE SEVEN SOCIAL FAULTS OF HUMANITY ARE POLITICS WITHOUT PRINCIPLES, WEALTH WITHOUT WORK, PLEASURE WITHOUT CONSCIENCE, KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT WILL, BUSINESS WITHOUT MORALS, SCIENCE WITHOUT HUMANISM, AND RELIGION WITHOUT SACRIFICE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

OUR LIFE IS A LONG AND PAINFUL QUEST FOR THE TRUTH.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

WE HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO WITH LIFE THAN TO ACCELERATE ITS PACE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I BELIEVE THAT THROUGH ALL THE BLOODSHED, WICKEDNESS AND DISHONESTY THAT THE WEST USES ON A COLOSSAL SCALE, THE WHOLE OF HUMANITY IS MOVING SILENTLY BUT SURELY TOWARDS A BETTER AGE. (LETTERS TO THE ASHRAM, 1937)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

WHAT IS TRUE FOR ONE PERSON MAY BE WRONG FOR THE OTHER.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

PURITY OF LIFE IS THE MOST AUTHENTIC AND HIGHEST ART FORM.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

YOU MUST BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THIS WORLD.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

EVEN IF YOU ARE A MINORITY OF ONE MAN, THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

TO LIVE MORE SIMPLY, SO THAT OTHERS CAN SIMPLY LIVE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE ONLY TYRANT I ACCEPT IN THIS WORLD IS THE CALM INNER VOICE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

TRUTH CANNOT BE REACHED BY ONE WHO DOES NOT HAVE AN ABUNDANT SENSE OF HUMILITY IN HIMSELF.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

WE MUST LOVE AS OURSELVES EVERYTHING THAT LIVES. (LETTERS TO THE ASHRAM, 1937)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THERE ARE MANY CAUSES FOR WHICH I AM WILLING TO DIE, BUT NONE FOR WHICH I AM WILLING TO KILL.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

WHOEVER WANTS TO SACRIFICE HIS LIFE FOR OTHERS, HAS LITTLE TIME TO SECURE A PLACE IN THE SUN.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I ONLY LOOK AT THE GOOD QUALITIES OF MEN. NOT BEING PERFECT MYSELF, I’M NOT GOING TO JUDGE THE MISTAKES OF OTHERS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE USE OF FORCE WITH WEAPONS DOES HARM, NEVER PITY. (THEIR CIVILIZATION AND OUR DELIVERANCE, 1957)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IF A MAN REACHES THE HEART OF HIS OWN RELIGION, HE ALSO REACHES THE HEART OF OTHER RELIGIONS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I OPPOSE VIOLENCE BECAUSE WHEN IT SEEMS TO PRODUCE GOOD, THE RESULTING GOOD IS ONLY TRANSITORY, WHILE THE EVIL PRODUCED IS PERMANENT.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

LIFE WITHOUT RELIGION IS A LIFE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE, AND A LIFE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE IS LIKE A BOAT WITHOUT A RUDDER.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

WHEN I SUCCEED IN NO LONGER COMMITTING THE SLIGHTEST EVIL AND HAVE RID MYSELF OF ALL HAUGHTY THOUGHTS, THEN, BUT ONLY THEN, WILL THE MOST HARDENED HEARTS BE SHAKEN BY MY NON

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IT IS A MISTAKE TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE END AND THE MEANS, AND THIS ERROR HAS LED MEN CONSIDERED AS BELIEVERS TO COMMIT TERRIBLE CRIMES.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

NEITHER MAN NOR WOMAN CAN LIVE WITHOUT THE INDISPENSABLE HELP OF THE OTHER. (ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS, 1969)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I’M NOT ASKING ANYONE TO FOLLOW ME. EVERYONE SHOULD LISTEN TO THEIR INNER VOICE AND ACT ACCORDINGLY; AND IF YOU DON’T HAVE EARS TO LISTEN, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS DO YOUR BEST. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU IMITATE OTHERS LIKE SHEEP. (THE WAY OF NON

MOHANDAS GANDHI

NO HUMAN BEING IS TOO BAD TO BE SAVED. NO HUMAN BEING IS PERFECT ENOUGH TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO KILL ANYONE HE WRONGLY CONSIDERS TO BE ENTIRELY EVIL. (LETTERS TO THE ASHRAM 1937)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

AS SOON AS WE LOSE THE MORAL BASIS, WE CEASE TO BE RELIGIOUS. RELIGION CANNOT OVERTHROW AND SUPPLANT MORALITY.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

EVERY HUMAN BEING HAS THE RIGHT TO LIVE, TO HAVE THE MEANS TO FEED, CLOTHE AND SHELTER.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE GREATEST FORCE AVAILABLE TO HUMANITY IS NON

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I WISH THE SILENT MASSES OF OUR COUNTRY TO BE HEALTHY AND HAPPY, AND I WISH THEM TO EVOLVE SPIRITUALLY.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM THAT DESPISES MORAL VALUES IS UNFAIR. (ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS, 1969)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

COMPLETE NON

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I AM NOT A VISIONARY. I CLAIM TO BE A PRACTICAL IDEALIST. THE RELIGION OF NON

MOHANDAS GANDHI

MAN IS UNDER AN OBLIGATION TO BE GUIDED IN ALL HIS ACTIONS BY MORAL CONSIDERATIONS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THERE IS NO WAY TO PEACE, PEACE IS THE WAY.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

RELIGIONS ARE LIKE DIFFERENT ROADS CONVERGING TOWARDS THE SAME POINT. IT DOESN’T MATTER IF WE TAKE DIFFERENT PATHS, AS LONG AS WE ACHIEVE THE SAME GOAL.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

EVERYONE MUST HAVE AT LEAST ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES. (ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS, 1969)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IF WE FULFIL OUR DUTIES, OUR RIGHTS WILL BECOME CLEAR TO US.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I DON’T THINK THERE CAN BE A SINGLE RELIGION ON EARTH. BUT IF A MAN REACHES THE HEART OF HIS OWN RELIGION, HE ALSO REACHES THE HEART OF OTHER RELIGIONS. (ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I DO NOT MAKE JUDGMENTS ABOUT THE WORLD AND ITS MISDEEDS. BEING MYSELF IMPERFECT AND IN NEED OF TOLERANCE AND CHARITY.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

ANY COMPROMISE IS BASED ON MUTUAL CONCESSIONS, BUT THERE CAN BE NO MUTUAL CONCESSIONS WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IT’S PRETTY EASY TO BE FRIENDLY WITH FRIENDS. BUT CREATING A FRIENDSHIP WITH THE ONE WHO CONSIDERS HIMSELF YOUR ENEMY IS THE QUINTESSENCE OF TRUE RELIGION. (AUTOBIOGRAPHY OR MY EXPERIENCES OF TRUTH, 1929)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS THAT NEGLECT MORAL AND SENTIMENTAL FACTORS ARE LIKE WAX STATUES: THEY LOOK LIKE LIVING BEINGS AND YET THEY LACK THE LIFE OF THE FLESH AND BLOOD.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THERE IS A GLOBAL CONFLICT BETWEEN CAPITAL AND LABOUR, AND THE POOR ENVY THE RICH. IF EVERYONE WORKED TO EARN A LIVING, CLASS DISTINCTIONS WOULD BE ABOLISHED; THE RICH WOULD STILL BE THERE, BUT THEY WOULD CONSIDER THEMSELVES ONLY AS THE MANAGERS OF THEIR WEALTH, WHOM THEY WOULD EMPLOY MAINLY IN THE GENERAL INTEREST. (LETTERS TO THE ASHRAM, 1937)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE PRINCIPLES OF RELIGION ARE ONE THING, THE PRACTICES THAT TAKE THEM AS A BASIS ARE ANOTHER. THE PRINCIPLES ARE ABSOLUTELY INDEPENDENT OF TIME AND SPACE. PRACTICES CHANGE WITH TIME AND PLACE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I REJECT ANY RELIGIOUS DOCTRINE THAT DOES NOT APPEAL TO REASON AND IS IN CONFLICT WITH MORALITY. I TOLERATE UNREASONABLE RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT WHEN IT IS NOT IMMORAL. (YOUNG INDIA, 1920)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

WHERE THERE IS FEAR, THERE IS NO RELIGION.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE WEALTH OF A FEW RICH PEOPLE MUST BE REDUCED TO A FAIR PROPORTION. (ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS, 1969)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

TRUE MORALITY IS NOT ABOUT FOLLOWING THE BEATEN PATH, BUT ABOUT DISCOVERING WHAT IS THE TRUE PATH FOR OURSELVES AND BOLDLY FOLLOWING IT. TRUE PROGRESS IS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT SUCH A RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

EVERY MAN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS RELIGION.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE RICH CANNOT MAKE A FORTUNE IN A GIVEN SOCIETY WITHOUT THE COOPERATION OF THE POOR. (ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS, 1969)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

WHENEVER YOU ARE IN DOUBT, TAKE THE FOLLOWING TEST; REMEMBER THE POOREST AND WEAKEST PERSON YOU HAVE EVER MET IN YOUR LIFE AND ASK YOURSELF IF WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO DO WILL BE OF ANY USE TO THEM.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IN REALITY, THERE ARE AS MANY RELIGIONS AS THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE RICH SHOULD TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO STRIP THEMSELVES OF EVERYTHING IN ORDER TO SPREAD THE SPIRIT OF CONTENTMENT. (ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS, 1969)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

POVERTY IS THE WORST FORM OF VIOLENCE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

HAVE HATRED FOR SIN AND LOVE FOR THE SINNER.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE RICH MAN HAS A LOT OF SUPERFLUOUS THINGS, WHICH HE DOES NOT NEED AND WHICH ARE THEREFORE NEGLECTED AND WASTED, WHILE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE DIE OF HUNGER BECAUSE THEY CANNOT EAT. IF EVERYONE KEPT ONLY WHAT THEY NEEDED, NO ONE WOULD LACK ANYTHING AND EVERYONE WOULD BE SATISFIED WITH WHAT THEY HAD. (LETTERS TO THE ASHRAM, 1937)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

WHAT YOU GAIN THROUGH VIOLENCE, GREATER VIOLENCE WILL MAKE YOU LOSE IT.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

FAITH IS A KIND OF SIXTH SENSE THAT IS EXERCISED WHERE REASON IS NO LONGER COMPETENT.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

CULTIVATING HUMILITY IS LIKE CULTIVATING HYPOCRISY; THE HUMBLE IS NOT AWARE OF HIS HUMILITY. (LETTERS TO THE ASHRAM, 1937)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

YOU SHOULD TAKE FOOD AS YOU TAKE MEDICATION, THAT IS, WITHOUT WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT IT IS PLEASANT TO TASTE; YOU SHOULD ONLY TAKE THE AMOUNTS NECESSARY FOR THE BODY’S NEEDS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

BELIEVING IN SOMETHING AND NOT LIVING IT IS DISHONEST.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

SINCERE LAUGHTER IS THE TRUE ELOQUENCE, IT IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN SPEECH.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

LOVE IS THE STRONGEST THING IN THE WORLD, BUT NOTHING COULD BE MORE HUMBLE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

ANGER AND INTOLERANCE ARE THE ENEMIES OF GOOD UNDERSTANDING.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

A LEADER IS USELESS IF, SURROUNDED, AS HE SHOULD BE, BY ALL KINDS OF ADVICE, HE ACTS CONTRARY TO WHAT HIS CONSCIENCE DICTATES.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IT IS BETTER TO PUT ALL YOUR HEART INTO IT AND NOT FIND THE WORDS TO SAY IT, THAN TO FIND THE WORDS TO SAY IT AND NOT PUT ALL YOUR HEART INTO IT.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

MY GOAL IS FRIENDSHIP WITH THE WHOLE WORLD. I CAN UNITE THE GREATEST LOVE WITH THE STRONGEST OPPOSITION TO EVIL.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

JUSTICE IS ACHIEVED MORE QUICKLY BY DOING JUSTICE TO THE OTHER PARTY.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IT IS A MISTAKE TO BELIEVE NECESSARILY FALSE WHAT IS NOT UNDERSTOOD, AND THIS ERROR HAS LED MEN CONSIDERED AS BELIEVERS TO COMMIT TERRIBLE CRIMES…

MOHANDAS GANDHI

I AM WARY OF THOSE WHO PROCLAIM THEIR FAITH TO OTHERS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY HAVE IN MIND TO CONVERT THEM. FAITH IS NOT MADE TO BE TALKED ABOUT BUT TO BE LIVED. SO, BY ITSELF, IT SPREADS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

NON

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE MAN WHO IS PROUD OF HIS VIRTUE OFTEN BECOMES A SCOURGE FOR HIS NEIGHBOURS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IT IS EASIER TO BELIEVE WHAT WE ARE OFFICIALLY TOLD, THAN TO VENTURE INTO INTELLECTUAL INDEPENDENCE… IN FACT, IT IS NOT THE OPPOSITION, BUT CONFORMITY AND INERTIA THAT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE MOST SERIOUS OBSTACLES TO THE EVOLUTION OF CONSCIENCES

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE TOUGHEST FIBER MUST SOFTEN IN THE FIRE OF LOVE. IF THEY DON’T, IT’S BECAUSE THE FIRE ISN’T STRONG ENOUGH.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO TURN OFF THE OTHER’S LIGHT IN ORDER FOR OURS TO SHINE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE WORLD IS TIRED OF HATE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

POWER BASED ON LOVE IS A THOUSAND TIMES MORE EFFECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE THAN POWER BASED ON FEAR OF PUNISHMENT.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

FORGIVENESS IS MUCH MORE NOBLE THAN PUNISHMENT. (LETTERS TO THE ASHRAM, 1937)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

HATE ALWAYS KILLS, LOVE NEVER DIES.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

GIVING A GLASS OF WATER IN EXCHANGE FOR A GLASS OF WATER IS NOTHING; TRUE GREATNESS CONSISTS IN GIVING GOOD FOR EVIL.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE WEAK PERSON IS UNABLE TO FORGIVE. FORGIVENESS IS THE HALLMARK OF THE STRONG PERSON.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

WHOEVER OBEYS THE LAW OF LOVE DOES NOT FEEL ANY HATRED FOR HIS IRRELIGIOUS BROTHER. (LETTERS TO THE ASHRAM, 1937)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

SINCE I HAVE REJECTED THE SWORD, THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAN THE CUP OF LOVE THAT I CAN OFFER TO THOSE WHO STAND AGAINST ME.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

WHEN WE CRITICIZE, WE MUST DO SO WITH HUMILITY AND COURTESY THAT DOES NOT ALLOW ANY BITTERNESS TO PERSIST.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

BY OPPOSING HATRED TO HATRED, WE ARE ONLY SPREADING IT, BOTH ON THE SURFACE AND IN DEPTH. (ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

LOVE IS THE MOST POWERFUL FORCE IN THE WORLD, YET IT IS THE MOST HUMBLE FORCE IMAGINABLE. (LETTERS TO THE ASHRAM, 1937)

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THERE WILL NEVER BE EQUALITY AS LONG AS YOU FEEL INFERIOR OR SUPERIOR TO OTHERS. AMONG EQUALS, THERE CAN BE NO CONDESCENSION.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE MOST HARDENED HEART AND THE MOST FILTHY IGNORANCE MUST DISAPPEAR BEFORE THE RISING SUN OF PATIENT AND UNKIND SUFFERING.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

MY LIFE FORMS AN INSEPARABLE WHOLE: THE SAME LINK UNITES ALL MY ACTIONS. THEY ALL HAVE THEIR SOURCE IN AN UNQUENCHABLE LOVE FOR HUMANITY. (THE WAY OF NON

MOHANDAS GANDHI

YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR DUTY WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

YOU CAN ONLY BEAT YOUR OPPONENT THROUGH LOVE AND NOT HATE. HATE IS THE MOST SUBTLE FORM OF VIOLENCE. HATRED HURTS THE ONE WHO HATES, NOT THE ONE WHO HATES.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IF WE CULTIVATE THE HABIT OF DOING THIS SERVICE INTENTIONALLY, OUR DESIRE TO SERVE WILL GROW STEADILY AND CONTRIBUTE NOT ONLY TO OUR OWN HAPPINESS, BUT ALSO TO THE HAPPINESS OF THE WORLD IN GENERAL.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE STRENGTH OF NUMBERS REJOICES ONLY THE FEARFUL; HE WHO IS COURAGEOUS IN SPIRIT TAKES GLORY IN FIGHTING ALONE.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

IF WE KEEP MALICE AND HATRED IN OUR HEARTS AND PRETEND NOT TO WANT REVENGE, IT WILL HAVE TO RETURN TO US, AND IT WILL LEAD US TO OUR DOWNFALL.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE LESS YOU OWN, THE LESS YOU WANT.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

THE STRENGTH LIES IN THE ABSENCE OF FEAR, NOT IN THE AMOUNT OF FLESH AND MUSCLE WE HAVE IN OUR BODY.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

WHAT IS OBTAINED BY LOVE IS PRESERVED FOREVER. WHAT IS ACHIEVED THROUGH HATRED IS A BURDEN IN REALITY BECAUSE IT INCREASES HATRED.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

WE BECOME THE OBJECT OF OUR DEEPEST ASPIRATIONS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

A CONSCIOUS, AWAKE AND STANDING INDIVIDUAL IS MORE DANGEROUS TO THE POWER IN PLACE THAN 10,000 SLEEPY AND FRIGHTENED INDIVIDUALS.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

MY LIFE IS MY ONLY TEACHING.

MOHANDAS GANDHI

CIVILIZATION IS NOT ABOUT MULTIPLYING NEEDS BUT ABOUT DELIBERATELY REDUCING THEM.

MOHANDAS GANDHI