QUOTES FROM MAHATMA GANDHI

Today (2-10-2011) is the 142^nd birth day of Mahatma Gandhi. On this occasion let us read some of his quotations and tries to understand and implement them.

Life
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.

My life is my message

 Strength

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Change

We must be the change we wish to see.

 Find Yourself

The best way to find your self is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.

I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again

 Truth

The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.

Wisdom

Suffering cheerfully endured, ceases to be suffering and is transmuted into an ineffable joy.

 God and religion

As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality. Man, for instance, cannot be untruthful, cruel or incontinent and claim to have God on his side.

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.

God and Hunger

There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.

Faith on Humanity

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.

Fear

Fear is not a disease of the body; fear kills the soul.

Democracy

Democracy is an impossible thing until the power is shared by all, but let not democracy degenerate into mobocracy

Truth and error

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody will see it.

Happiness

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment

Freedom and personality

I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.

Hate and love

Hate the sin, love the sinner.

Whenever you are confronted with an opponent, conquer him with love.

Freedom

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.

Good and Untruth

Permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence.

Violence and Non-Violence

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.

Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding.

Three-fourths of the miseries and misunderstandings in the world will disappear if we step into the shoes of our adversaries and understand their standpoint.

No and Yes

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.