“About the same time I came in contact with another Christian family. At their suggestion I attended the Wesleyan church every Sunday. For these days I also had their standing invitation to dinner. The church did not make a favourable impression on me. The sermons seemed to be uninspiring. The congregation did not strike me as being particularly religious. They were not an assembly of devout souls; they appeared rather to be wordly-minded people, going to church for recreation and in conformity to custom. Here, at times, I would involuntarily doze. I was ashamed, but some of my neighbours, who were in no better case, lightened the shame. I could not go on long like this, and soon gave up attending the service.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“To Believe is something, and do not live it, is dishonest..”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“(When asked what he thought of Western civilization): 'I think it would be a good idea.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“All that appears and happens about and around us is uncertain transient. But there is a Supreme Being hidden therein as a Certainty, and one would be blessed if one could catch a glimpse of that Certainty and hitch one's waggon to it. The quest for that Truth is the summum bonum of life.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“A man of few words will rarely be thoughtless in his speech; he will measure every word.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“In reality, there are as many religions as there are individuals”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“No matter how explicit the pledge, people will turn and twist the text to suit their own purpose”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever. ”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Words like aparigraha (non-possession) and samabhava (equability) gripped me. How to cultivate and preserve that equability was the question. How was one to treat alike insulting, insolent and corrupt officials, co-workers of yesterday raising meaningless opposition, and men who had always been good to one? How was one to divest oneself of all possessions? Was not the body itself possession enough? Were not wife and children possessions? Was I to destroy all the cupboards of books I had? Was I to give up all I had and follow Him? Straight came the answer: I could not follow Him unless I gave up all I had.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“My uniform experience has convinced me that there is no other God than Truth”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Vivre simplement, pour que simplement d'autres puissent vivre.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“If you don't find God in the next person you meet, it is a waste of time looking for him further.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“The devotee of truth is often obliged to grope in the dark.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
