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 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
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony
God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless
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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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