Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
India
2 Oct 1869 // 30 Jan 1948
Spiritual Leader
2 Oct 1869 // 30 Jan 1948
Spiritual Leader
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Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will
Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison
Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion
Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education
Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive
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
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
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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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