“If we are to reach real peace in the world, we shall have to begin with the children.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way it treats its animals.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“When your intellect, once perverted by listening to all manner of arguments, is totally absorbed in the contemplation of God, you will then attain yoga. When a person is firmly established in samadhi — samadhi means fixing the mind on God — he is filled with ecstatic love and, therefore, can be completely indifferent to this world.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Facts mean truth, and once we adhere to truth, the law comes to our aid naturally.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Therefore the Gita is not for those who have no faith. The author makes Krishna say: ‘Do not entrust this treasure to him who is without sacrifice, without devotion, without the desire for this teaching and who denies Me. On”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Where choice is set between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence ... I prefer to use arms in defense of honor rather than remain the vile witness of dishonor...”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Suffering cheerfully endured ceases to be suffering and is transmuted into an ineffable joy. The man who flies from suffering is the victim of endless tribulation before it has come to him and is half dead when it does come. But one who is cheerfully ready for anything and everything that comes escapes all pain, his cheerfulness acts as an anaesthetic.”
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Mahatma Gandhi