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Pravin Kumar
Age: 61 Zodiac: 
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 Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:24 pm |
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Gandhi was known for his commitment to total nonviolence as the cornerstone of civil disobedience. He was known for inspiring such monumental leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., John Lennon, and even President Barack Obama. But perhaps India’s Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also known as Mahatma Gandhi, is remembered best for his commitment to truth and simplicity in how he lived his life—characteristics emulated even now by people across the world.
Gandhi, or Bapu (father), was a Hindu devotee who dedicated his life to satya, or the pursuit of truth. He believed that love, respect, and truth were the underpinnings of all religions and the basic foundation for a moral life. As he famously once said when asked if he was a Hindu, “Yes I am. I am also a Christian, a Muslim, a Buddhist and a Jew.” With the indomitable spirit of Gandhi in mind, we’ve chosen some of his most inspiring quotes from our own virtual library to share with you. Click through our Gandhi quotes gallery to find your own inspiration for simple, truthful, and peaceful living.
Truth and Love Always Win
When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it--always.
Nonviolence is the Greatest Force
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.
All Religions are True
Religions are different roads converging on the same point. What does it matter that we take different roads so long as we reach the same goal? I believe that all religions of the world are true more or less. I say "more or less" because I believe that everything the human hand touches, by reason of the very fact that human beings are imperfect, becomes imperfect.
The Benefit of Prayer
Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
Human Voice vs. Conscience Voice
The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.
The Real Love
The real love is to love them that hate you, to love your neighbor even though you distrust him.
Real Friendship
Friendship that insists upon agreement on all matters is not worth the name. Friendship to be real must ever sustain the weight of honest differences, however sharp they be.
The Worth of Patience
If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.
The Case for Forgiveness
I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. But I believe that non-violence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment. Forgiveness adorns the soldier.
God as Truth
God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price.
May He be so to every one of us.
Marriage Merges Husband and Wife
Between husband and wife there should be no secrets from one another. I have a very high opinion of the marriage tie. I hold that husband and wife merge in each other. They are one in two or two in one
The Soul is Stronger than the Flesh
It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.
Self-Purification as a Way to Liberation
The spiritual weapon of self-purification, intangible as it seems, is the most potent means of revolutionizing one’s environment and loosening the external shackles. It works subtly and invisibly; it is an intense process though it might often seem a weary and long-drawn process. It is the straightest way to liberation, the surest and the quickest, and no effort can be too great for it. What it requires is faith—an unshakable mountainlike faith that flinches from nothing.
The Death of a Martyr
Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.
Religions Bring About Fundamental Unity
In nature there is fundamental unity running through all the diversity we see about us. Religions are given to mankind so as to accelerate the process of realization of fundamental unity.
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