Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
India
2 Oct 1869 // 30 Jan 1948
Spiritual Leader
2 Oct 1869 // 30 Jan 1948
Spiritual Leader
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Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening
Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action
Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness
Poverty is the worst form of violence
Peace is its own reward
Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain
Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man
Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another
Nobody can hurt me without my permission
No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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