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Mahatma Gandhi

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Biography - Mahatma Gandhi:

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Indian lawyer and political ethicist.
Born: 1869 - Died: 1948
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: India
India

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.




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Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.




Quotes for: world


Quotes

Quotes about the world:


The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.





How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.





We admire the world through what we love.





The world of the happy man is a different one from that of the unhappy man.





Let us read and let us dance—these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.





In this world we must be a little too good to be good enough.











Quotes for: oneself


Quotes

Quotes about oneself:


A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.





If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.





Don't forget to love yourself.





To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.





At any moment you choose you can retire within yourself. Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.











Quotes

Quotes for: greatness


The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.





Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.





The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.





There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.





All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend.





The price of greatness is responsibility.











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Mahatma Gandhi also said...


There is more to life than increasing its speed.





Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.





Where there is love there is life.





My life is my message.





Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.





The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.












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