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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

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


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



Translation

Translation

(German, French)



German
Glück ist, wenn das, was du denkst, was du sagst und was du tust, in Harmonie ist.

French
Le bonheur, c'est lorsque ce que vous pensez, ce que vous dites et ce que vous faites sont en harmonie.




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But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.

What I propose, therefore, is very simple: it is nothing more than to think what we are doing.

It is doubtless a fine harmony when doing and saying go together.

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

Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.

In conversation one ought to follow closely what is being said; in the field of impulse to follow what is happening; in the latter case to see immediately what is the object of reference, in the former to mark closely the meaning expressed.




Quotes for: to think


Quotes

Quotes for: to think


A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with reality, and lives in a world of illusion.





Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.





Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.





I think, therefore I am.





For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.





Men should strive to think much and know little.











Quotes for: happiness


Quotes

Quotes about happiness:


I have decided to be happy because it's good for my health.





Happiness is sometimes hidden in the unknown.





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





Happiness is not easily won; it is hard to find it in ourselves and impossible to find it elsewhere.





Nothing is ever finished ; only a little happiness is needed for everything to begin again.





To be happy, we must consider the happiness of another.











Quotes for: harmony


Quotes

Quotes for: harmony


Out of clutter find simplicity ; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.





Harmony between two individuals is never granted - it has to be conquered indefinitely.





Wisdom is harmony.





From things that differ comes the most beautiful harmony.





He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.





Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.











Quotes

Mahatma Gandhi also said...


There is more to life than increasing its speed.





Where there is love there is life.





My life is my message.





The golden rule of conduct is mutual toleration, seeing that we will never all think alike and we shall always see Truth in fragment and from different points of vision.





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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