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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
Mahatma Gandhi67 likes
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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.”
“God has no religion.”
“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.”
“Where there is love there is life.”
“Hate the sin, love the sinner.”
“Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.”
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
“To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.”
“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”
“Be the change you want to see in the world”
“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”
“It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head.”
“Truth resides in every human heart, and one has to search for it there, and to be guided by truth as one sees it. But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.”
“An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.”
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.”
“To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.”
“I claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one another.”
“It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.”
“If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.”
“Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew.”
“I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.”
“He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.”
“A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.”
“There's no God higher than truth.”
“Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.”
“Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.”
“What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.”
“There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.”
“We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?”
“The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.”
“Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.”
“I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.”
“Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.”
“Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.”
“Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.”
“Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.”
“Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.”
“Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.”
“It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.”
“Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.”
“Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.”
“Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.”
“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.”