Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
India
2 Oct 1869 // 30 Jan 1948
Spiritual Leader
2 Oct 1869 // 30 Jan 1948
Spiritual Leader
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I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice
I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul
I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following
I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps
I claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one another
I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world
I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers
I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill
Human society is a ceaseless growth, an unfoldment in terms of spirituality
Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress
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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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