Invaluable Words of
Wisdom
By Mahatma Gandhi
1869-1948
Indian Political and Spiritual Leader
1869-1948
Indian Political and Spiritual Leader
When times become tough, these
words
of wisdom by Mahatma Gandhi are invaluable.
A man is the sum of his actions, of
what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.
Anger and intolerance are the twin
enemies of correct understanding.
Truth never damages a cause that is
just.
Be the change you want to see in the
world.
You can chain me, you can torture
me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison
my mind.
When I despair, I remember that all
through history the way of truth and love has always won.
There have been tyrants and
murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end,
they always fall -- think of it, ALWAYS.
Faith must be enforced by reason.
When faith becomes blind it dies.
The weak can never forgive.
Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Freedom is not worth having if it
does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how
human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight
in depriving other human beings of that precious right.
The moment the slave resolves that
he will no longer be a slave. His fetters fall... freedom and
slavery are mental states.
It is easy enough to be friendly to
one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as
your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is
mere business.
Happiness is when what you think,
what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
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.
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.
An unjust law is itself a species of
violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
I first learned the concepts of
non-violence in my marriage.
Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be inseparable part of our very being
Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be inseparable part of our very being
I have learned through bitter
experience the one supreme lesson to conserve my anger, and as
heat conserved is transmitted into energy, even so our anger
controlled can be transmitted into a power that can move the
world.
An eye for eye only ends up making
the whole world blind.
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not
in the attainment, full effort is full victory.
They cannot take away our
self-respect if we do not give it to them.
In a gentle way, you can shake the
world.
The best way to find yourself is to
lose yourself in the service of others.
Source:http://www.splash.net.au/articles/wisdom.html
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