Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
India
2 Oct 1869 // 30 Jan 1948
Spiritual Leader
2 Oct 1869 // 30 Jan 1948
Spiritual Leader
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We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study
Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary
Truth never damages a cause that is just
Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear
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
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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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