Thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi

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  • The objects of the senses come and go. The point to remember is that when they leave us, we feel miserable; but when we ourselves renounce them, we feel happy and joyful.

    "October 16, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXI, p. 462.
  • To mistake selfishness for selflessness is like mistaking a jackal for a lion.

    "October 17, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXI, p. 462.
  • The saying that "distance lends enchantment to the view" is apt not only in the case of hills, but also in that of most other things in life.

    "October 18, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXI, p. 462.
  • Purity is tested only when it is pitted against impurity.

    "October 19, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXI, p. 462.
  • What is true of purity is true of all other virtues. Nonᆳviolence is tested when it faces violence.

    "October 20, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXI, p. 462.
  • Vice flourishes in darkness. It vanishes in the light of day.

    "October 21, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXI, p. 462.
  • Non-violence, truth, etc., are self-luminous. They cannot be genuine otherwise.

    "October 22, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXI, p. 462.
  • Justice needs to be tempered with generosity as much as generosity needs to be tempered with justice.

    "October 23, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXI, p. 462.
  • Only he is worthy to mete out punishment whose judgement is infallible. Who but God can be such?

    "October 24, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXI, p. 462.
  • To speak or not to speakラwhen that is the question, silence should take the place of speech.

    "October 25, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXI, p. 462.
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