GREATEST QUOTES OF
MAHATMA GANDHI
Mahatma
Gandhi was born on 2nd October,1869 and died on 30th,January,1948.
Gandhiji was the tallest leader of India who has been accepted by the whole
world, mainly for the twin principles of Truth and non violence that characterized
all his life and all his struggles for the benefit of Humanity. His simplicity
and truthfulness were par excellence. Today, let us remember some of his
greatest teachings in the form of quotable quotes
Lal
bahadur Sastri was born on2,October 1904 and died on 11 January 1966. He served
as Indian Prime minister for a brief but most memorable period. His slogan of
Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan is still the corner stone of Indian Policy makers in many
ways. Let us pay our due respects to Satriji along with our respects to Mahatma
Gandhi.
1. The
best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. (Ex: Gandhiji and Leprosy Patients in South Africa, Parchure
Sastri, a Leprosy patient aided by Gandhi)
2. You
must be the change you wish to see in the world.
3. My
life is my message.
4. Nobody
can hurt me without my permission.
5. Happiness
is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
6. An
eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
7. You
must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the
ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
8. Non-violence
is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the
mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.
9. Non-violence
requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.
10.
We may never be strong enough to be
entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as
our goal and make strong progress towards it.
11.
Poverty is the worst form of violence.
12.
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 then the one derived from fear of
punishment.
13.
To give pleasure to a single heart by a
single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
14.
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love;
it is the prerogative of the brave.
15.
Action expresses priorities.
16.
An ounce of practice is worth more than
tons of preaching.
17.
A small body of determined spirits fired by
an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
18.
Strength does not come from physical
capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
19.
I reject any religious doctrine that does
not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.
20.
Rights that do not flow from duty well
performed are not worth having
21.
Anger and intolerance are the enemies of
correct understanding.
22.
Honest disagreement is often a good sign of
progress.
23.
I have nothing new to teach the world.
Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try
experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.
24.
Intolerance is itself a form of violence
and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.
25.
Healthy discontent is the prelude to
progress.
26.
What do I think of Western civilization? I
think it would be a very good idea.
27.
There are people in the world so hungry,
that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
28.
Those who say religion has nothing to do
with politics do not know what religion is.
29.
Every formula of every religion has in this
age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
30.
An unjust law is itself a species of
violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
31.
Man is supposed to be the maker of his
destiny. It is only partly true. He can make his destiny, only in so far as he
is allowed by the Great Power.
32.
You can chain me, you can torture me, you
can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.
33.
I look only to the good qualities of men.
Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.
34.
I believe in equality for everyone, except
reporters and photographers.
35.
Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of
plain living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants.
Man's happiness really lies in contentment.
36.
I did once seriously think of embracing the
Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he
taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the
other cheek - I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man.
37.
Interdependence is and ought to be as much
the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being.
38.
Man can never be a woman's equal in the
spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
39.
Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed
of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in
being slave-owners.
40.
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.
41.
God is, even though the whole world deny
him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
42.
God cannot be realized through the
intellect. Intellect can lead one to a certain extent and no further. It is a
matter of faith and experience derived from that faith.
43.
One's own religion is after all a matter
between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
44.
Moral authority is never retained by any
attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without
effort.
