Thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi

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  • He who loses his individuality loses all.

    "December 10, 1944", CWMG, vol. LXXVIII, p. 393.
  • The straight path is as difficult as it is simple. Were it not so, all would follow the straight path.

    "December 11, 1944", CWMG, vol. LXXVIII, p. 393.
  • "Compassion is the essence of religion," so Tulsidas has said. And he adds: "Abandon not compassion as long as you live." Suppliants for compassion ourselves, all of us, how shall we take compassion, and on whom?

    "December 12, 1944", CWMG, vol. LXXVIII, p. 393.
  • A sister said : "I used to pray, but have now given it up." I asked: "Why?" She replied : "Because I used to deceive myself." The reply is of course correct. But let her give up deceiving. Why give up praying?

    "December 13, 1944", CWMG, vol. LXXVIII, p. 393.
  • Yesterday's bhajan was very melodious and worth pondering over. It says in essence : God dwells neither in the temple, nor in the mosque. Neither within, nor without. If at all He is anywhere, it is in the hunger and the thirst of the humble folk. Let us

    "December 14, 1944", CWMG, vol. LXXVIII, p. 393.
  • Why is it that even ordinarily we do not escape untruth be it out of fear or even shame? Would it not be better to adopt silence instead, or, shedding fear of one another, speak frankly what is in our mind?

    "December 15, 1944", CWMG, vol. LXXVIII, p. 393.
  • Even a little untruth ruins a man, as a drop of poison ruins milk.

    "December 16, 1944", CWMG, vol. LXXVIII, p. 393.
  • We are loath to devote time to things that matter, but hanker after worthless things and find pleasure in them!!!

    "December 17, 1944", CWMG, vol. LXXVIII, p. 393.
  • "Man is not God; call him not that. But of Divine refulgence he is part."

    "December 18, 1944", CWMG, vol. LXXVIII, p. 393.
  • Listen to the discourses of the sages, study the scriptures, become learned. But if you have not enthroned God in your heart, you have achieved nothing.

    "December 19, 1944", CWMG, vol. LXXVIII, p. 394.
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