Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
India
2 Oct 1869 // 30 Jan 1948
Spiritual Leader
2 Oct 1869 // 30 Jan 1948
Spiritual Leader
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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
The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted
The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body
The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless
The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience
The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated
The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problem
That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake
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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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