“The people are like a flock of sheep, following where leaders lead them.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“In reality, there are as many religions as there are individuals.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“The devotee of truth is often obliged to grope in the dark.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“I have naturally formed the habit of restraining my thoughts. A thoughtless word hardly ever escaped my tongue or pen. Experience has taught me that silence is part of the spiritual discipline of a votary of truth. We find so many people impatient to talk. All this talking can hardly be said to be of any benefit to the world. It is so much waste of time. My shyness has been in reality my shield and buckler. It has allowed me to grow. It has helped me in my discernment of truth.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“The moment there is suspicion about a person’s motives, everything he does becomes tainted.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Kebijaksanaan yang paling tinggi adalah, jangan khawatir akan hari esok.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Why, then, grieve — tatra ka paridevana — asks Shri Krishna. This is the great mystery of God. As a magician creates the illusion of a tree and destroys it, so God sports in endless ways and does not let us know the beginning and the end of his play. Why grieve over it?”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“But the fact that I had learnt to be tolerant to other religions did not mean that I had any living faith in God.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“If we are to make progress, we must not repeat history but make new history. We must add to inheritance left by our ancestors.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“And whilst he may not claim superiority by reason of learning, I myself must not withold that meed of homage that learning, wherever it resides, always commands.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“There are only two ways to live your life: as though nothing is a miracle, or as though everything is a miracle.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Forgive and forget, but never forget to forgive. You may find a happier heart is the key to a happier life.”
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Mahatma Gandhi