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8 years ago

The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
Mahatma Gandhi

God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us.
Mahatma Gandhi

We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party.
Mahatma Gandhi

I am a humble but very earnest seeker after truth.
Mahatma Gandhi

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
Mahatma Gandhi

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
Mahatma Gandhi

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
Mahatma Gandhi

Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being.
Mahatma Gandhi

Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.
Mahatma Gandhi

Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French.
Mahatma Gandhi

Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.
Mahatma Gandhi

Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.
Mahatma Gandhi

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mawheel
8 years ago
It seems as if everything that Ghandi said was worthy of being remembered and repeated. The last quote for today about 'Man' s nature . . .', gives me hope, for I have thought just the opposite for several years.

Thanks, Don.
lilosophie
8 years ago
They are all worth repeating and remembering. Gandhi's wisdom is so far-reaching, it gives me hope
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Such good quotes to think about, and I know the truth of them. I particularly resonate with the Herman Hesse quote. Letting go is many times the most difficult thing. Thank you, Don, for the reminder.
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You never miss, Don, in your selection of thoughtful, insightful quotes to start the day, thank you and good morning
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anneliese32, I'm so glad you are playing his records, I'm playing utube of his music. He is good at what he does.
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anneliese32
8 years ago
The quote about morality, the one before the last, a lot of people should take to heart.

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