I leave you 100 famous Gandhi phrases About life, peace, love, happiness, friendship and much more. They represent the celebrated thoughts of Hindu lawyer, thinker and politician considered the"Father of India".
Mahatma Gandhi Was the leader of the independence movement of India against the British government. He led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom around the world.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 - January 30, 1948) was born in Porbandar, India. He studied law in London and advocated for the civil rights of the Indians. He became a leader of the independence movement of India, organizing boycotts against British institutions in peaceful civil disobedience forms.
The honorific Mahātmā (Sanskrit:"venerable") was first applied in 1914 in South Africa, now used worldwide. In India, he is also called Bapu and Gandhiji. He was assassinated by a fanatic in 1948.
His mother was illiterate, but his common sense and religious devotion had a lasting impact on Gandhi's character. Mohandas was a good student, but in his youth he was timid and showed no sign of leadership.
After the death of his father, traveled to England to study law. He became involved with the Vegetarian Society and was once asked to translate the Hindu Bhagavad Gita. This classic of Indian literature awakened in Gandhi a sense of pride in the Indian scriptures, of which the Gita was the pearl.
He also studied the Bible and was influenced by the teachings of Jesus Christ, especially in the emphasis on humility and forgiveness. He remained committed to the Bible and the Bhagavad Gita throughout his life, although he criticized aspects of both religions.
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1-Where there is love there is life.
2-Live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever.
3-A small body of determined spirit ignited by an unshakable faith in its mission, can alter the course of history.
4-The weak can never forget. Forgetting is an attribute of the fort.
5-Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians are not like him.
6-First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight against you, then they win.
7-Happiness is when what you think, say and do are in harmony.
8-You must be the change you want to see in the world.
9-You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; If some drops are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
10-Before the throne of the Almighty, man will not be judged by his actions but by his intentions.
11-Prayer is not asking. It is a longing for the soul. It is the daily admission of self-weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
12-A man is only the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.
13-The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way they treat their animals.
14-No one can hurt me without my permission.
15-The spiritual relationship is more precious than the physical one. The physical relationship without the spiritual is a body without a soul.
Gandhi when he was a law student in the 1890s.
16-Hate and intolerance are the enemies of right understanding.
17-Even if you are one in minority, the truth is the truth.
18-An ounce of practice is worth more than a ton of preaching.
19-If patience has value, it must last until the end of time. And a life of faith, will prevail in the middle of a black storm.
20-In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
21-The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
22-Strength does not come from a physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
23-The truth is by nature obvious. As soon as you eliminate the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines brightly.
24-Health is real wealth and not gold and silver pieces.
25-My life is my message.
Before 1942
26-Action expresses priorities.
"If I had no sense of humor, I would have committed suicide a long time ago."
28-Poverty is the worst form of violence.
29-Guess leadership once meant muscles but today means getting along with people.
30-Intolerance in itself is a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of true democratic spirit.
31-Everyone has to find inner peace. And peace to be real should not be affected by external circumstances.
32-The essence of all religions is one, only their approach is different.
33-You can chain me, you can torture me, you can destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.
34-The real ornament of the woman is her character, her purity.
35-Those who know how to think do not need teachers.
Gandhi with child.
36-Honest disagreement is a good sign of progress.
37-Believing in something and not living it is dishonest.
38. The good man is a friend to all living things.
39-The culture of a nation resides in the heart and soul of its people.
40-God is, even if everyone denies it. Truth prevails, even if there is no public support. It stands by itself.
41-Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the achievement. The total effort is total victory.
42-Glory is in the attempt to reach one's goal and not attain it.
43-Almost everything you do does not matter, but it's important that you do it.
44. The infinite effort to be the best is the duty of man; It is their own reward. Everything else is in the hands of God.
45-The truth never hurts a house that is just.
Gandhi and Jinnah in Bombay, September 1944.
46. Self-esteem knows no consideration.
47. Imitation is the most sincere adulation.
48. Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of morality.
49-Non-cooperation with the devil is a duty such as cooperation with God.
"I think a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die without weapons."
51. The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. Being effective demands the sacrifice of the most courageous and impeccable.
52. Everyone who wants can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone.
53. Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
54-We gain justice more quickly by rendering justice to the other party.
55-Fear has its use but cowardice has none.
55-An eye for an eye can only end up leaving everyone blind.
Gandhi fasting in 1924, and along with his daughter Indira, who would be prime minister of India
56-When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in adoration to the creator.
57-There are two types of powers, one is obtained by fear of punishment, and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is more effective and permanent than fear of punishment.
58-Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.
59-There is sufficiency in the world for man's needs, but not for his greed.
60-The justice that gives love is redemption, justice that gives the law is punishment.
61. Nonviolence requires double faith, faith in God and faith in man.
62. Anger is the enemy of non-violence, and pride is a monster that absorbs it.
63-Palestine belongs to the Arabs, as England belongs to the English or France belongs to the French.
64-The purpose of life is to live correctly, to think correctly, and to act correctly. The soul must languish when we give all our thoughts to the body.
65-It is the quality of our work that will please God, not quantity.
66. An honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
67- We will never be cloak is simply through the lip, give the message that India, I hope, someday will deliver to the world.
68- It is not enough that our ears are satisfied, that our eyes are satisfied, it is necessary that our hearts are touched and that the hands and the feet move.
Let India get what she has the right to take and what she can actually take, but whatever it is, and whenever she succeeds, let the Border Province get full autonomy.
70. Hates sin, love the sinner.
71- No culture can survive if it claims to be exclusive.
72. Whenever you face an opponent, conquer it with love.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Even if what you are going to do seems insignificant, it is very important that you do it.
75. Those who can not give up attachment to the results of their work are far from the path.
76. Nonviolence is the weapon of the strongest.
77. The future depends on what you decide to do today.
If I have the belief that I can do it, I can certainly acquire the skills to do it even if I can not do it right now.
It is difficult, but not impossible, to run a business strictly under honesty.
80- The victory obtained with violence must prepare itself for the defeat; Because it will not last long.
God has no religion.
The only religion is beyond all discourse.
83- Praying is the key of tomorrow and the lightning of the night.
84. Faith is tested against the most difficult situations.
A leader is useless when he acts against the impulses of his own conscience.
86. Faith becomes lame when it ventures into matters pertaining to reason.
87. As long as you get internal help and comfort from anything, keep it.
88. In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.
It is easy enough to be friendly with friends, but being a friend of one who regards himself as his enemy is the quintessence of true religion.
Ashram means a community of men of religion. I feel that an ashram was a life necessity for me.
Religion is a question of the heart. No physical inconvenience can justify abandoning one's religion.
92- The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would be sufficient to solve most of the world's problem.
93- You may never know what results will be obtained from your action, but if you do nothing, there will be no result.
94. It is not worth having freedom if you are not free to make mistakes.
95- If you want true peace in the world, start with the children.
96- I believe that there is no prayer without fasting and there is no real fast without prayer.
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the mantle of non-violence to cover impotence.
98- I want to change their minds, not kill them for the same weaknesses that we all have.
99. Peace between countries must be based on love between individuals.
100. To respond to brutality with brutality is to admit moral and intellectual bankruptcy and can only begin a slimy cycle.
Curiosities of Mahatma Gandhi
"She was from a wealthy family.
-He studied law in the University College London .
"It started as an activist in South Africa, not in India.
"She married at the age of 13.
"He was killed by an Indian companion.
"He was a pretty bad student."
Although he dedicated his life to the promotion of peace, he never won the Nobel Prize.