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" Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be. "

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" 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. "

Mahatma Gandhi

Words

Daily

Prayer

" What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? "

" If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide. "

" Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom. "

Mahatma Gandhi

Enough

Lust

" I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality. "

" Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison. "

" A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice. "

Mahatma Gandhi

Practice

Moment

" Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point. "

Mahatma Gandhi

Die

Man

" What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope. "

" If a man reaches the heart of his own religion, he has reached the heart of the others, too. There is only one God, and there are many paths to him. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Fear has its use but cowardice has none. "

" Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth. "

" Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart. "

" The good man is the friend of all living things. "

" The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart. "

" Non-violence is the article of faith. "

" There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever. "

Mahatma Gandhi

Worry

Nothing

" Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up. "

" 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. "

" I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace. "

" Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into. "

" I am a humble but very earnest seeker after truth. "

" Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts. "

" Action expresses priorities. "

" A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes. "

Mahatma Gandhi

Man

Thoughts

" Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear. "

" My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray. "

Mahatma Gandhi

Distress

Fast

" You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind. "

Mahatma Gandhi

Will

Never