Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
India
2 Oct 1869 // 30 Jan 1948
Spiritual Leader
2 Oct 1869 // 30 Jan 1948
Spiritual Leader
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To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest
Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is
Those who know how to think need no teachers
There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good
There is more to life than increasing its speed
There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong
The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart
The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within
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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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