“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“I wanted to know the best of the life of one who holds today an undisputed sway over the hearts of millions of mankind… I became more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle. When I closed the second volume (of the Prophet’s biography), I was sorry there was not more for me to read of that great life.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“The various religions
are like different roads
converging on the same point.
What difference does it make
if we follow different routes,
provided we arrive
at the same destination?”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“We stand on the threshold of a twilight-whether morning or evening we do not know. One is followed by the night, the other heralds the dawn.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“It is impossible in this body to follow ahimsa fully. Violence is inescapable. While the eyes wink and nails have to be pared, violence in one form or another is unavoidable. Evil is inherent in action, says the Gita. Arjuna did not, therefore, raise the question of violence and nonviolence. He simply raised the question of distinction between kinsmen and others, much in the same way that a fond mother would advance arguments favouring her child.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“There is only one desire in life which is good and the desire for the means to realise it is also good.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“I might be ready to embrace a snake, but, if one comes to bite you, I should kill it and protect you.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“That matchless remedy (for self realisation) is renunciation of fruits of action.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
