Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

India
2 Oct 1869 // 30 Jan 1948
Spiritual Leader

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First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win
Fear has its use but cowardice has none
Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into
Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone
Every formula of every religion has, in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent
Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth
Each one prays to God according to his own light
Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances
Don't listen to friends when the friend inside you says �Do this�
Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart
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