Thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi

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  • What greater wonder can one wish for than the star-spangled sky and the inner firmament of the human heart equally adorened with excellences?

    "March 6, 1946", CWMG, vol. LXXXIII, p. 412.
  • Reflection shows that heaven is here on earth, not in the sky above.

    "March 7, 1946", CWMG, vol. LXXXIII, p. 412.
  • He who talks in tune with the rhythm of life is never weary.

    "March 8, 1946", CWMG, vol. LXXXIII, p. 412.
  • He who always treads only the path of Truth never stumbles.

    "March 9, 1946", CWMG, vol. LXXXIII, p. 412.
  • An egoistical utterance should always be regarded as false.

    "Poona, March 10, 1946", CWMG, vol. LXXXIII, p. 412.
  • To be guilty of a lapse, small or big, is certainly bad; but to hide it is even worse.

    "March 11, 1946", CWMG, vol. LXXXIII, p. 412.
  • He who follows Truth through and through must always hold himself in readiness to die for it and, when the time comes, must lay down his life.

    "March 12, 1946", CWMG, vol. LXXXIII, p. 412.
  • Not to own our mistake is to repeat it and to commit the additional sin of concealing it.

    "March 13, 1946", CWMG, vol. LXXXIII, p. 412.
  • He alone can be a true satyagrahi who knows the art of living as well as of dying.

    "Bombay,March 14, 1946", CWMG, vol. LXXXIII, p. 412.
  • There is a limit even to the potency of Ramanama. Can a thief, for instance, ever expect to gain his object by taking to Ramanama?

    "Bombay, March 15, 1946", CWMG, vol. LXXXIII, p. 413.
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