Thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi

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  • Nanak says : "Man is born of woman as woman is born of man." Then, why is it that we find sexual immorality in the world?

    "August 7, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXI, p. 456.
  • Nanak lay in the open under the sky. A kind-hearted householder suggested to him, "There is a beautiful dharmsala nearby. Why not go there?" Nanak replied : "The whole earth is my dharmsala and the sky is its roof."

    "August 8, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXI, p. 456.
  • Nanak says : "The craving for happiness is a veritable disease. Sorrow or suffering is its remedy."

    "August 9, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXI, p. 456.
  • Says Nanak again : "Whatever you give away is yours; whatever you keep is not yours."

    "August 10, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXI, p. 456.
  • Whatever we take, we are snatching from the mouths of others. Therefore, whenever we acquire anything, let us see that it is really needed and that our wants are as few as possible.

    "August 11, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXI, p. 456.
  • Nanak says : "He who earns his bread by the sweat of his brow and shares with others what he so earns, can be called truly honest."

    "August 12, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXI, p. 456.
  • Nanak says : "The more one indulges oneself, the more unhappy one becomes."

    "August 13, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXI, p. 456.
  • St. Catherine of Italy had no money with her. She had only a cloak which she was wearing. A destitute asked for it and she gave it away. Someone, thereupon, asked her : "How will you go about now?" She replied : "The raiment of love will cover me far more

    "August 14, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXI, p. 456.
  • Money alone can keep memory greenラhow much harm this false notion has done! This thought occurs to me today on the anniversary of Mahadev [Desai].

    "August 15, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXI, p. 456.
  • Nanak says : "Dreams are evidence of the fact that the atma (soul) uses the senses as its instruments. But it is only when the atma keeps the senses under control that they become its instruments, and the atma then becomes ripe for union with the Paramatm

    "August 16, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXI, p. 456,457.
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