Thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi

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  • Faith transcends reason; it is not opposed to it.

    "November 5, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXII, p. 443.
  • It is easier to cross the ocean between countries than to span the gulf between individuals or people.

    "November 6, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXII, p. 443.
  • It is not man that enjoys pleasures; it is pleasures that enjoy man, which is to say they consume him.

    "November 7, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXII, p. 443.
  • Everyone grows old with the passage of time; desire alone remains ever youthful.

    "November 8, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXII, p. 443.
  • Irregularity never goes well with non-attachment.

    "November 9, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXII, p. 444.
  • He who is shamed into acting correctly is not acting correctly at all.

    "November 10, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXII, p. 444.
  • The avaricious, the lustful, the wrathful and the drunkard are among the ten types of persons reckoned by Vidura as having no regard for religion.

    "November 11, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXII, p. 444.
  • That which should be renounced must be declined as a matter of duty even if offered free.

    "November 12, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXII, p. 444.
  • None can put him to shame who, of his own free will, and even though others know nothing about it, makes a clean breast of his sin and is ashamed of it.

    "November 13, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXII, p. 444.
  • Innocent and dreamless sleep is samadhi (meditation), yoga (concentration of mind) and selfless action. (Adapted from Vinoba's letter).

    "November 14, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXII, p. 444.
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